[Machine] That a woman asked the Prophet ﷺ about how she should perform her ablution after menstruation. He instructed her to take a piece of musk and purify herself with it. She asked, "How should I purify myself with it?" He said, "Purify yourself with it." She asked again, "How should I purify myself with it?" He said, "Cover yourself with it." Abu Uthman, or Sa'dan, indicated with his four fingers. Sufyan mentioned that he said, "SubhanAllah, purify yourself with it." Aisha said that she pulled her towards her and said, "Follow the trace of blood with it," in the narration of Ibn Bashran and Al-Rozbary, and no one else mentioned the story of Abu Uthman.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ غُسْلِهَا مِنَ الْحَيْضِ فَأَمَرَهَا كَيْفَ تَغْتَسِلُ وَقَالَ خُذِي فِرْصَةً مِنْ مِسْكٍ فَتَطَهَّرِي بِهَا قَالَتْ كَيْفَ أَتَطَهَّرُ بِهَا؟ قَالَ تَطَهَّرِي بِهَا قَالَتْ كَيْفَ أَتَطَهَّرُ بِهَا؟ قَالَتْ فَاسْتَتِرِي يَعْنِي هَكَذَا وَحَكَى أَبُو عُثْمَانَ يَعْنِي سَعْدَانَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ الْأَرْبَعِ قَالَ وَحَكَى سُفْيَانُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ تَطَهَّرِي بِهَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَاجْتَذَبْتُهَا إِلِيَّ فَقُلْتُ تَتْبَعِينَ بِهَا أَثَرَ الدَّمِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ بِشْرَانَ وَالرُّوذْبَارِيِّ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ غَيْرُهُمَا حِكَايَةَ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ  

‘Umm Athiyah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying “A woman must not observe mourning for more than three (days) except for four months and ten days in the case of a husband and she must not wear a dyed garment except one of the types made of dyed yarn or apply collyrium or touch perfume except for a little costus or azfar when she has been purified after her menstrual courses. The narrator Ya’qub mentioned the words “except washed clothes” instead of the words “one of the types made of dyed yarn”. Ya’qub also added “She must not apply Henna” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2302)   

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُحِدُّ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُحِدُّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا وَلَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصَبٍ وَلَا تَكْتَحِلُ وَلَا تَخْتَضِبُ وَلَا تَمَسُّ طِيبًا إِلَّا أَدْنَى طُهْرِهَا إِذَا تَطَهَّرَتْ مِنْ حَيْضَتِهَا نُبْذَةً مِنْ قُسْطٍ وَأَظْفَارٍ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ  

We were forbidden to observe mourning for the dead beyond three days except in the case of husband (where it is permissible) for four months and ten days, and (that during this period) we should neither use collyrium nor touch perfume, nor wear dyed clothes, but concession was given to a woman when one of us was purified of our courses to make use of a little incense or scent. (Using translation from Muslim 938e)   

أَنْ نُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا وَلَا نَكْتَحِلُ وَلَا نَتَطَيَّبُ وَلَا نَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصَبٍ وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ فِي طُهْرِهَا إِذَا اغْتَسَلَتْ إِحْدَانَا مِنْ مَحِيضِهَا فِي نُبْذَةٍ مِنْ قُسْطٍ وَأَظْفَارٍ