of Nun — Chapter

Hafsah bint Sirin said: Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) came to us in Basrah and said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for him, meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "He (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to bring out, on the two Eids, the young unmarried girls, the women kept in seclusion and the menstruating women; as for the menstruating women, they would keep away from the place of prayer but would attend the good and the supplication of the Muslims."

Hafsah bint Sirin (may Allah have mercy on her) narrates from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (may my father and mother be sacrificed for him) commanded us to bring out, on the day of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the young unmarried girls, the women kept in seclusion and the menstruating women. She said: As for the menstruating women, they would keep away from the place of prayer but would attend the good and the supplication of the Muslims. She said: We said: What do you think if one of us does not have an outer cloak? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her sister clothe her with one of her own cloaks." Hisham said: I heard Muhammad bin Sirin narrate this hadith from Umm Atiyyah, but I remember the narration of Hafsah better.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Hafsah bint Sirin (may Allah have mercy on her) narrates from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to bring out, on the day of Eid al-Fitr, the young unmarried girls, the women kept in seclusion and the menstruating women. As for the menstruating women, they would keep away from the prayer but would attend the good and the supplication of the Muslims. A woman said: O Messenger of Allah! What do you think if one of us does not have an outer cloak? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her sister clothe her with her cloak."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We used to be commanded to go out on the two Eids, whether secluded or unmarried, and the menstruating women would also go out and stay behind the people, saying the takbir along with the people.

Hafsah bint Sirin (may Allah have mercy on her) said: I asked Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? That is, regarding the woman who has no outer cloak, should she attend the Eid? She said: Yes, may my father be sacrificed for him. Whenever she narrated anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), she would say: May my father be sacrificed for him, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Bring out the young unmarried girls and the women kept in seclusion, so that they may attend the Eid and the supplication of the Muslims, and let the menstruating women keep away from the prayer-ground."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to go out on the day of the two Eids, so much so that even the young girls and the unmarried maidens would go out. Hafsah said: A woman asked Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): And the menstruating women? She said: The menstruating women would also go out, but they would keep away from the place of prayer and remember Allah.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: At the time of the pledge of allegiance, a pledge was taken from us that we would not wail (over the dead), yet none among us fulfilled it except five: Umm Sulaym, Umm al-Ala', the daughter of Abu Sabrah, Umm Mu'adh bint Abi Sabrah, and one other woman.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to us that we would not associate anything with Allah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from wailing. A woman among us withdrew her hand and said: O Messenger of Allah! So-and-so helped me in wailing, and I want to repay her. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said nothing to her, so she went away and then came back. Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Not one woman among us fulfilled this pledge except Umm Sulaym, Umm al-Ala', the daughter of Abu Sabrah, and the wife of Mu'adh.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Among the pledges the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took from us at the time of the pledge of allegiance was that we would not wail (over the dead).

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and among the good things he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us was that we would not wail (over the dead). A woman said: O Messenger of Allah! The family of so-and-so helped me in wailing; I will not pledge allegiance to you until I help them. Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: So I helped them, and then pledged allegiance to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Not one woman among us fulfilled this pledge except me and Umm Sulaym.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, regarding the saying of Allah Almighty, "And that they will not disobey you in what is right" [Surah al-Mumtahanah: 12]: Included in it is the prohibition of wailing. When we pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that we would not disobey him in what is right, I said to him: O Messenger of Allah! Except for the family of so-and-so.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We used to be forbidden from mourning for anyone who had died for more than three days, and (were told) that we should not apply perfume, should not apply kohl, and should not wear dyed clothes except a garment of 'asb (striped cloth). She said: However, the women were permitted qust and azfar (fragrant herbs) when bathing at the time of purification.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: A woman whose husband has died should not mourn for any deceased person except her husband; she should not apply kohl, nor use henna, nor wear dyed clothing except a garment of 'asb, nor apply perfume.
Hisham narrated likewise from Hafsah, from Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No woman should mourn for any deceased person for more than three days, except for a husband, for whom she mourns four months and ten days. She should not wear dyed clothing except a garment of 'asb, nor apply kohl, nor apply perfume, except at the beginning of her purification (that is, when becoming pure from menstruation), when she may use qust and azfar (a light fragrance)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days, except for a husband," then the narrator mentioned the rest in the same way (as the previous narration).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman should not mourn for more than three days for anyone except her husband; for her husband she mourns four months and ten days. She should not wear dyed clothing except a washed garment, nor apply kohl, nor use henna, nor touch perfume, except that when becoming pure after her menstruation she may use qust or azfar (a light fragrance)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We were forbidden from accompanying funeral processions, but we were not dealt with strictly in this."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We used to be forbidden from accompanying funeral processions, but we were not dealt with strictly in this."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We were forbidden from accompanying funeral processions, but we were not dealt with strictly in this."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from accompanying funeral processions, but he did not deal with us strictly in this."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked: "Do you have anything?" She said: No, except that Nusaybah, that is, Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), has sent us some of the sheep that was sent to her from the charity. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It (the charity) has reached its proper place."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Do you have anything to feed me?" She said: No, except some of the sheep that Nusaybah sent me from the charity. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring it, for it has reached its proper place."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me a sheep from the charity, and I sent some of it to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), he said: "Do you have anything?" She said: No, except that Nusaybah has sent us some of the sheep that I sent to her. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has reached its proper place."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), who had pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that she said: "We did not consider the brownish and yellowish traces after the ritual bath (ghusl) to be anything."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We did not consider brownish and yellowish discharge after purification to be anything."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We did not consider brownish and yellowish discharge to be anything."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: One of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, so the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and said: "Wash her with (water and) lote-tree (leaves), and wash her an odd number of times, three or five, or more than that if you see fit, and put camphor in the last washing, and when you have finished, inform me." She said: When we finished, we informed him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) threw his waist-wrapper to us and said: "Wrap her in it, next to her body." She said: We braided the hair of her head into three plaits: the hair of her forehead and (the two) sides, and then we let them fall behind her.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: One of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wash her with water and lote-tree (leaves), and wash her an odd number of times, three or five, or more than that if you see fit, and put camphor, or some camphor, in the last washing, and when you have finished, inform me." She said: When we finished, we informed him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) threw his waist-wrapper to us and said: "Wrap it around her (body) beneath her shroud." She said: We braided the hair of her head into three plaits, the hair of her forehead and the locks on both sides, and then we let them fall behind her.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: "We washed the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we divided the hair of her head into three braids."

Hafsah bint Sirin said: Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated to us that they arranged the hair of the head of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) into three braids. (The narrator said:) I asked: Did they undo it and wash it, then make three braids? She said: Yes.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the washing of his daughter: "Begin (the washing) with her right side and with the parts washed in ablution."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When we washed the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us while we were washing her: "Begin with her right side and with the places of ablution."

Hafsah bint Sirin said that Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to us: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us not to refuse the ma'un." I asked: What is the ma'un? She said: The things that people give and take among themselves.