A widow: which adornment she avoids during her waiting period

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The woman whose husband has died will not use kohl or dye during her waiting period ('iddah), and she will not wear dyed clothes, though she may wear the cloth called 'asb. She will not use perfume, except that when taking her bath after menstruation she may apply a little of the perfumes called qust and azfar.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to forbid the woman whose husband had died from perfume and adornment.

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: After the death of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), his wife Safiyyah suffered pain in her eye, and she used to drop the juice of the herb called sabir (aloes) into her eye. (That is, she did not apply kohl even as treatment.)

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The woman whose husband has died will not use kohl, perfume, jewellery or dyed clothing.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The woman whose husband has died will not apply kohl, nor use dye, nor perfume; she will wear only the cloth called 'asb. She will not spend the night away from her husband's house, but she may go to visit her relatives during the day.

Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The husband of Asma' bint Uthman died, and after her husband's death she suffered pain in her eye. She sent someone to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) to ask: "When ill, I used to apply ithmid kohl to my eyes. I fear losing my eye; may I use that same kohl?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Never apply ithmid kohl, even if your eye is lost."

Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman asked Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him): "I sell perfume, and my husband has died. Is it proper for me to do so?" Mujahid forbade her from touching perfume and said: "You may apply kohl too only out of necessity."

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The woman whose husband has died may not wear jewellery during her waiting period ('iddah).