صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الطلاق
The Book of Divorce
باب وُجُوبِ الإِحْدَادِ فِي عِدَّةِ الْوَفَاةِ وَتَحْرِيمِهِ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ:
Chapter: The Obligation to mourn during the 'Iddah following the death of one's husband, but it is forbidden to mourn for more than three days in other cases
Hadith 1486
This hadith is listed as number 3729 in Maktaba Shamila
وحدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حدثنا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَت : تُوُفِّيَ حَمِيمٌ لِأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ ، فَدَعَتْ بِصُفْرَةٍ ، فَمَسَحَتْهُ بِذِرَاعَيْهَا ، وَقَالَت : إِنَّمَا أَصْنَعُ هَذَا لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ ، إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا " ،
Zainab bint Umm Salamah (Allah be pleased with her) reported that a relative of Umm Habiba (Allah be pleased with her) died. She sent for a yellow (perfume) and applied that to her forearm and said: I am doing it, for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to mourn beyond three days except the husband (for whom she can mourn) for four months and ten days.
