Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)'s sister, Hazrat Fari’ah bint Malik (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates: My husband went out in search of his non-Arab slaves who had run away. He found them at the place called Qudum, where they martyred my husband. When the news of my husband's death reached me, I was in a house of the Ansar, which was far from the houses of my family and relatives. I went to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: The news of my husband's death has reached me, and I am in a house that is far from the houses of my parents and my brothers. My husband has not left any money for me to spend, nor any wealth of which I could be an heir, nor any house of which he was the owner. If you permit, I would like to go to the house of my parents and my brothers. This is more preferable to me and more beneficial for me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do as you wish. Hazrat Fari’ah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: Hearing this decision of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I came out with my eyes cooled (i.e., satisfied). Then, after this, I was either in the mosque or in a room when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said: What have you decided? I narrated the whole incident, so he said: Stay in the house in which the news of your husband's death reached you until the prescribed period is completed. She says: Then I spent four months and ten days there.