Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 19946 — A widow: those who said she observes

Sayyidah Furay'ah bint Malik (may Allah be pleased with her), the sister of Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), said: My husband went out in search of his non-Arab slaves who had run away. He caught up with them at al-Qadum, where they killed him. When the news of my husband's death reached me, I was in one of the houses of the Ansar, which was far from the houses of my family. I came to 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 house of my parents and my brothers. My husband did not leave me any money to be spent on me, nor wealth that I would inherit, nor any house that he owned. If you permit me, I will go to the house of my parents and my brothers; that is dearer to me and of more benefit to me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do as you wish." Sayyidah Furay'ah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Having heard this decision of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I went out with my eyes cooled (in joy). Then, after that, while I was in the mosque or in one of the rooms, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said: "What did you decide?" I narrated the whole matter to him, and he said: "Stay in the very house in which the news of your husband's death came to you, until the term is complete." She said: So I spent four months and ten days there.