Hadith 13432

Chapter 30

باب 30

(30) باب إِحْدَادِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ زَوْجِهَا

(30) Chapter: The mooring of a woman for a dead person other than her husband
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنٌ لأُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ دَعَتْ بِصُفْرَةٍ، فَتَمَسَّحَتْ بِهِ وَقَالَتْ نُهِينَا أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ بِزَوْجٍ.

Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen:
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."

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1279

In-book reference: Book 23, Hadith 41

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 369