Hadith #81
Chapter: Divorce
Divorce
Arabic Text
قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ وَسَمِعْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، تَقُولُ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَدِ اشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَهَا أَفَتَكْ
حُلُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ ". مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ لاَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَرْمِي بِالْبَعَرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ ".
Isnad Chain
قالت زينب و
English Translation
Zainab further (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that "I heard my mother, Um Salama saying that a woman came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! The husband of my daughter has died and she is suffering from an eye disease, can she apply kohl to her eye?" Allah's Messenger ﷺ replied, "No," twice or thrice. (Every time she repeated her question) he said, "No." Then Allah's Messenger ﷺ added, "It is just a matter of four months and ten days. In the Pre-Islamic Period of ignorance a widow among you should throw a globe of dung when one year has elapsed
Quran References
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Divorce, Hadith 81
Sunnah.com ref: bukhari:5434
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-05434