سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب الطلاق
The Book of Divorce
بَابُ : عِدَّةِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا
Chapter: The 'Iddah Of A Woman Whose Husband Dies
Hadith 3531
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، قُلْتُ : عَنْ أُمِّهَا ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ , إِنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا ، فَخَافُوا عَلَى عَيْنِهَا ، أَتَكْتَحِلُ ؟ فَقَالَ : " قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي بَيْتِهَا فِي شَرِّ أَحْلَاسِهَا حَوْلًا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ ، فَلَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا " .
´It was narrated from Zainab bint Umm Salamah -I (the narrator) said:` "From her mother?" He said: "Yes" - "that the Prophet was asked about a woman whose husband had died but they were worried about her eyes - could she use kohl?" He said: "One of you used to stay in her house wearing her shabbiest clothes for a year, then she would come out. No, (the mourning period is) four months and ten (days)."
