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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الطلاق
The Book of Divorce
بَابُ تُحِدُّ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا:
Chapter. A widow should mourn for four months and ten days.
Sahih Bukhari 5335 — A widow should mourn for four months and ten days
قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ : وَسَمِعْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ، تَقُولُ : " جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا ، وَقَدِ اشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَهَا ، أَفَتَكْحُلُهَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا ، مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ : لَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَرْمِي بِالْبَعْرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ " . قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ : فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْنَبَ : وَمَا تَرْمِي بِالْبَعْرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ ؟
Zainab further said: I want to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died. She asked for perfume and used some of it and said, "By Allah, I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard Allah's Apostle saying on the pulpit, 'It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah and the last day to mourn for more than three days except for her husband for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days.'"
