The Book of Divorce
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3541
قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَقَامَتْ سَنَةً ثُمَّ قَذَفَتْ خَلْفَهَا بِبَعْرَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ الأَجَلُ
qad kānat iḥdākunna fī al-jāhiliyyah idhā tuwuffiya ʿanhā zawjuhā aqāmat sanatan thumma qadhafat khalfahā bibaʿratin thumma kharajat wa-innamā hiya arbaʿah ashhurin waʿashran ḥattā yanqaḍiya al-ajalu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated from Zainab that a woman asked Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah whether she could put on kohl during her 'Iddah following her husband's death. She said:"A woman came to the Prophet and asked him about that, and he said: 'During the Jahiliyyah, if her husband died, one of you would stay (in mourning) for a year, then she would throw a piece of dung then come out. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days, until the term prescribed is fulfilled
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 3541
- Sahih
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