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nasai:3541Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Ḥammād > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab

"A woman came to the Prophet and asked him about that, and he said: 'During the Jahiliyyah, if her husband died, one of you would stay (in mourning) for a year, then she would throw a piece of dung then come out. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days, until the term prescribed is fulfilled.'"  

النسائي:٣٥٤١أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ أَتَكْتَحِلُ فِي عِدَّتِهَا مِنْ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَتْ أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَقَامَتْ سَنَةً ثُمَّ قَذَفَتْ خَلْفَهَا بِبَعْرَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ الأَجَلُ  


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tabarani:19823Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah

[Machine] "That a woman asked Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah whether a woman should wear makeup during her waiting period after the death of her husband. They said that a woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about that. He said, 'During the pre-Islamic era, if one of you becomes widowed, she would stay for a year, then throw away the veil. However, the waiting period is only four months and ten days until the prescribed time is completed.'"  

الطبراني:١٩٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ أَتَكْتَحِلُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي عِدَّتِهَا مِنْ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا؟ فَقَالَتْ أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَقَامَتْ سَنَةً ثُمَّ تَقْذِفُ بِبَعْرَةٍ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ الْأَجَلُ»  

nasai-kubra:5704Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Ḥammād > Ibn Zayd > Yaḥyá > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab

"A woman came to the Prophet and asked him about that, and he said: 'During the Jahiliyyah, if her husband died, one of you would stay (in mourning) for a year, then she would throw a piece of dung then come out. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days, until the term prescribed is fulfilled.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3541)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ وَأَمَّ حَبِيبَةَ أَتَكْتَحِلُ فِي عِدَّتِهَا مِنْ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَتْ أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِي ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَقَامَتْ سَنَةً ثُمَّ قَذَفَتْ وَرَاءَهَا بِبَعَرَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ الْأَجَلُ»