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Narrated al-Miswar bin Makhramah (RA): Some nights after her husband's death, Subai'ah al-Aslamiyah (RA) gave birth to a child. Then she went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked permission to marry. He gave her permission and she married. [Reported by al-Bukhari]. Its basic meaning is found in the two Sahih books of al-Bukhari and Muslim. A wording has: "She gave birth to a child after forty nights of her husband's death." A wording by Muslim has: az-Zuhri said, "I think there is no harm if she marries when she is still bleeding (due to child-birth), but her husband should not go near her till she is purified."

Narrated 'Aishah (RA): Barirah was ordered to wait till three menstrual periods of hers have passed (before she could remarry). [Reported by Ibn Majah. Its narrators are reliable, but it is Ma'lul (having a hidden defect)].

Narrated ash-Sha'bi from Fatimah (RA) daughter of Qais on the authority of the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding a woman who was divorced by three pronouncements: "She has no right to accommodation or maintenance." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated Umm 'Atiyah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "A woman must not observe her mourning for more than three nights for the one who has died, except for the four months and ten days in the case of her husband; and she must not wear a dyed garment except one of the type made of 'Ash (dyed yarn) or apply Kuhl (antimony), or apply perfume, except for a little Qust or Azfar, when she has been purified after her menstruation." [Agreed upon. The wording being of Muslim]. Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i have an addition: "nor be dyed (with Henna and the like)." an-Nasa'i added: "nor comb (her hair)."

Narrated Umm Salamah (RA): I put Sabir (a type of medicine) on my eyes after Abu Salamah (RA) had died. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "It gives the face a glow, so apply it only at night and remove it in the day time, and do not comb (your hair) with scent or henna, for it is a dye." I asked, "What should I use when combing (my hair)?" He replied, "You should use lote-tree leaves." [Reported by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i: its chain of narrators is Hasan (good)].

Narrated [Umm Salamah (RA)]: A woman said: "O Allah's Messenger, my daughter's husband died and her eye is troubling her, so may we apply Kuhl (antimony) to it?" He replied, "No." [Agreed upon].

Narrated Jabir (RA): My maternal aunt was divorced and wanted to cut down fruit from her paml-trees. A man forbade her to go out, so she went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "Certainly, cut down fruit from your palm-trees, for perhaps you have give Sadaqah (charity) or do an act of kindness." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated Furai'ah, daughter of Malik: Her husband had gone out in search of some slaves of his and they killed him. She said, "I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to be allowed to return to my family, for my husband had not left for me a house which belonged to him, nor had he left me maintenance." He then said, "Yes, (I agree)," but when I was in the courtyard, he called me and said, "Stay in your house till the prescribed period expires." She said, "I observed the period in it for four months and ten days." She said, "Afterwards 'Uthman gave judgements in accordance with that." [Ahmad an al-Arba'a reported it. at-Tirmidhi, adh-Dhuhli, Ibn Hibban, al-Hakim and others graded it Sahih (authentic)].

Narrated Fatimah (RA) daughter of Qais: I said, "O Allah's Messenger, my husband has divorced me by three pronouncements (of divorce) and I am afraid that I may get broken into. Hence, he commanded her, and she moved (to another house)." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated 'Amr bin al-'Aas (RA): "Do not confuse us about our Prophet's Sunnah: The period that a slave-woman, whose master dies, and she has begotten a child from him must wait for, is four months and ten days." [Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah. al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic), but ad-Daraqutni considered it defective due to Inqita' (broken link)].

Narrated 'Aishah (RA): al-Aqra' is the period of a woman's purity (which occurs between two menses). [Malik, Ahmad and an-Nasa'i reported it in the course of a story with a Sahih (authentic) chain of narrators].

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA): The divorce of a slave-woman occurs by saying it (the divorce word) twice, and her 'Iddah (waiting period) is two menses. [Reported by ad-Daraqutni]. He reported it as Marfu' (a saying of the Prophet) and graded it Da'if (weak). Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah reported the aforesaid Hadith from the narration of 'Aishah (RA), which al-Hakim graded as Sahih (authentic), but the Hadith scholars disagreed with him, and they agreed that it is Da'if (weak).

Narrated Ruwaifi' bin Thabit (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is not lawful for a man who believes in Allah and the Last Day to water what another person has sown." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi reported it. Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic), and al-Bazzar graded it Hasan (good)].

Narrated 'Umar (RA) regarding a wife of a lost husband: She should wait for four years and then observe the 'Iddah for four months and ten days (before she may remarry). [Malik and ash-Shafi'i reported it].

Narrated al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The spouse of a lost husband remains his wife till she gets a certain news about his death." [ad-Daraqutni reported it with a Da'if (weak) chain of narrators].

Narrated Jabir (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "A man must not spend the night in the house of woman unless he is her husband or a Mahram." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "A man must not be alone with a woman except in the presence of a Mahram." [al-Bukhari reported it].

Narrated Abu Sa'id (RA)" The Prophet (ﷺ) said in regard to the captives taken at Autas, "There must be no intercourse with a pregnant woman till she gives birth, or with one who is not pregnant till she has had one menstrual period." [Abu Dawud reported it, and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)]. The aforesaid Hadith has a supporting narration from Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported by ad-Daraqutni.

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The child (born out of wedlock) belongs to the one on whose bed it is born, and stoning to death is for the fornicator." [Agreed upon, regarding Abu Hurairah's Hadith]. The aforesaid Hadith is also a part of 'Aishah's Hadith in the course of a story. And from Ibn Mas'ud by an-Nasa'i. And from 'Uthman by Abu Dawud.