The Book of Divorce
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3502
قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَجْلِسُ حَوْلاً وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَإِذَا كَانَ الْحَوْلُ خَرَجَتْ وَرَمَتْ وَرَاءَهَا بِبَعْرَةٍ
qad kānat iḥdākunna tajlisu ḥawlan wa-innamā hiya arbaʿaha ashhurin waʿashran fa-idhā kāna al-ḥawlu kharajat waramat warāʾahā bibaʿratin
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated from Zainab bint Umm Salamah, that Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah said:"A woman came to the Prophet and said: 'My daughter's husband has died, and I am worried about her eyes. Can I apply kohl to her?' The Messenger of Allah said: 'One of you used to stay (in mourning) for a year. Rather (the mourning period is) four months and ten (days). And when that year had passed she would go out and fling a piece of dung behind her
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 3502
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