The Book of Divorce
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3538
لاَ إِلاَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَحِدُّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ تَرْمِي عَلَى رَأْسِ السَّنَةِ بِالْبَعْرَةِ
lā illā arbaʿaha ashhurin waʿashran qad kānat iḥdākunna fī al-jāhiliyyah taḥiddu ʿalā zawjihā sanatan thumma tarmī ʿalā raʾsi as-sanah bi-l-baʿrah
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Zainab bint Abi Salamah narrated that her mother Umm Salamah said:"A woman from the Quraish came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my daughter's eyes are inflamed; shall I apply kohl to her?' (The daughter's) husband had died so (the Prophet) said: 'Not until four months and ten days (have passed).' Then she said: 'I fear for her sight.' He said: 'No, not until four months and ten days (have passed). During the Jahiliyyah one of you would mourn for her husband for a year, then when one year had passed she would throw a piece of dung
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 3538
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