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nasai-kubra:5667ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ b. ʿAbdullāh al-ʿAṭṭār al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. Sawāʾ > Saʿīd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah b. Abū ʿUbayd

[Machine] Narrated by some of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and Umm Salamah, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a deceased person for more than three days, except for her husband. For in that case, she should mourn for him for four months and ten days." [296] 5668 Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim informed me, he said: Sahmy reported to me, and his name is Abdullah ibn Bakr ibn Habib, he said: Sa'id reported to us, from Ayub, from Nafi', from Safiyyah bint Abi 'Ubaid, from some of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ , and she is Umm Salamah, from the Prophet ﷺ with a similar narration.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعَطَّارُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَنْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ تُحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ فَإِنَّهَا تُحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا» [296] 5668 أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا السَّهْمِيُّ وَاسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهِيَ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ  


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"It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for anyone who dies for more than three days except for a husband; she should mourn for him for four months and ten (days)."  

النسائي:٣٥٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ تَحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا