. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : لَيْسَ عَلَى أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ إِحْدَادٌ إِذَا هَلَكَ عَنْهَا سَيِّدُهَا، وَلَا عَلَى أَمَةٍ يَمُوتُ عَنْهَا سَيِّدُهَا إِحْدَادٌ، وَإِنَّمَا الْإِحْدَادُ عَلَى ذَوَاتِ الْأَزْوَاجِ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that when the master of an umm walad dies, she does not observe mourning, because mourning is obligatory only for those women who have husbands.