308 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَي قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: لَمَّا جَاءَ نَعْيُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مِنَ الشَّامِ دَعَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِصُفْرَةٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ فَمَسَحَتْ بِهِ عَارِضَيْهَا وَذِرَاعَيْهَا، وَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَنْ هَذَا لَغَنِيَّةٌ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَي مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا عَلَي زَوْجٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا» فَقِيلَ لِسُفْيَانَ فَإِنَّ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ فِيهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ وَعَنْ صَفِيَّةَ، وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ فَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَا قَالَ لَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَي إِلَّا أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ
Sayyida Zaynab bint Abu Salama (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When the news of the death of Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) came from Syria, Sayyida Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her) on the third day asked for yellow color and applied it to her cheeks and wrists, and she stated: I had no need for it, but I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "It is not permissible for any woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for anyone who dies for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom she will mourn for four months and ten days." Sufyan was told: Imam Malik has said about this narration that it is transmitted from Hamid bin Nafi’ from Sayyida Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), or from Sayyida Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), or from Sayyida Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her). So Sufyan said: Ayub bin Musa narrated this to us mentioning only Sayyida Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her).
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