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tabarani:21679 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Salamah b. ʿAlqamah > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

[Machine] To spend more than three nights mourning a deceased person, except for a spouse.

الطبراني:٢١٦٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنٌ لِأُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثِ دَعَتْ بِصُفْرَةٍ فَتَمَسَّحَتْ بِهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّا «§نُهِينَا

أَنْ نُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ»

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bukhari:5340 – Musaddad > Bishr > Salamah b. ʿAlqamah > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Um ʿAṭiyyah Nuhīnā

We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for a husband.

البخاري:٥٣٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ نُهِينَا

أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ بِزَوْجٍ

bukhari:1279 – Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Salamah b. ʿAlqamah > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Tuwuffī

One of the sons of Um 'Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume and put it over her body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for our husbands."

البخاري:١٢٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنٌ لأُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ؓ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ دَعَتْ بِصُفْرَةٍ فَتَمَسَّحَتْ بِهِ وَقَالَتْ نُهِينَا

أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ بِزَوْجٍ

nasai:3525 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"It is not permissible for a woman to mourn for anyone who dies for more than three days, except for her husband."

النسائي:٣٥٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تَحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا