#3501

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)

اخبرنا محمد بن عبد الاعلى، قال حدثنا خالد، قال حدثنا شعبة، عن حميد بن نافع، عن زينب بنت ام سلمة، قلت عن امها، قال نعم ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سيل عن امراة توفي عنها زوجها فخافوا على عينها اتكتحل فقال " قد كانت احداكن تمكث في بيتها في شر احلاسها حولا ثم خرجت فلا اربعة اشهر وعشرا