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bayhaqi:15524 – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud [Chain 2] Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh from Aṣl Samāʿih > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Baghdādī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Shuʿbah b. al-Ḥajjāj > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab b. Um Salamah from her mother

[Machine] A woman complained about her eyesight and they were concerned about her eyes. The Prophet ﷺ was asked about it and he said, "One of you used to stay in the hindquarters of her house until the time of Ihram (for Hajj) comes, and a dog passed by and threw dirt on her, then she went out for four months and ten days." This narrative is reported by Yahya, and in the narration of Abu Dawood, the Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Can she perform the Tahlil?" He replied, "No." And he said in the end, "No, until four months and ten days have passed."  

البيهقي:١٥٥٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ مِنْ أَصْلِ سَمَاعِهِ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ نا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ قَالَا نا شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُمِّهَا

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَاشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَهَا وَخَشَوْا عَلَى عَيْنِهَا فَسُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي شَرِّ أَحْلَاسِهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ فَمَرَّ كَلْبٌ رَمَتْ بِبَعْرَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ لَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَكْتَحِلُ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ لَا حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:5338 – Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab Āb.ah Um Salamah from her mother

A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were diseased). They came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and asked him to allow them to treat her eyes with kohl, but he said, "She should not apply kohl to her eyes. (In the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance) a widowed woman among you would stay in the worst of her clothes (or the worst part of her house) and when a year had elapsed, if a dog passed by her, she would throw a globe of dung, Nay, (she cannot use kohl) till four months and ten days have elapsed."  

البخاري:٥٣٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهَا

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُهَا فَخَشُوا عَلَى عَيْنَيْهَا فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنُوهُ فِي الْكُحْلِ فَقَالَ لاَ تَكَحَّلْ قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي شَرِّ أَحْلاَسِهَا أَوْ شَرِّ بَيْتِهَا فَإِذَا كَانَ حَوْلٌ فَمَرَّ كَلْبٌ رَمَتْ بِبَعَرَةٍ فَلاَ حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ  

nasai-kubra:5664 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Ṣanʿānī > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab from her mother

"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)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3501)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ قُلْتُ عَنْ أُمِّهَا قَالَ

نَعَمْ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَخَافُوا عَلَى عَيْنِهَا أَتَكْتَحِلُ؟ فَقَالَ «قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي بَيْتِهَا فِي شَرِّ أَحْلَاسِهَا حَوْلًا فَإِذَا مَرَّ رَمَتْ بِبَعَرَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ فَلَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا»  

bayhaqi:15464 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maḥmawayh al-ʿAskarī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qalānisī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab b. Um Salamah from her mother

A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were diseased). They came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and asked him to allow them to treat her eyes with kohl, but he said, "She should not apply kohl to her eyes. (In the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance) a widowed woman among you would stay in the worst of her clothes (or the worst part of her house) and when a year had elapsed, if a dog passed by her, she would throw a globe of dung, Nay, (she cannot use kohl) till four months and ten days have elapsed." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5338)   

البيهقي:١٥٤٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ نا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ نا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ نا شُعْبَةُ نا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهَا

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَرَمَدَتْ فَخَشَوْا عَلَى عَيْنِهَا فَأَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنُوهُ فِي الْكُحْلِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا تَكْتَحِلْ قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي شَرِّ أَحْلَاسِهَا أَوْ فِي شَرِّ أَبْنِيَتِهَا فَإِذَا كَانَ حَوْلٌ فَمَرَّ كَلْبٌ رَمَتْ بِبَعْرَةٍ فَلَا حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ