Hadith 3224

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibnMuhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm from Humayd ibn Nafi that Zaynab bint AbiSalama related these three traditions to him. Zaynab said, "I visitedUmm Habiba, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, when her father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb had died. Umm Habiba calledfor a yellowy perfume perhaps khaluq or something else. She rubbed theperfume first on a slave-girl and she then wiped it on the sides ofher face and said, 'By Allah! I have no need of perfume but I heardthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,'It is not halal for a woman who trusts in Allah and the Last Day toabstain from adornment in mourning for someone who has died, for morethan three nights, except for four months and ten days for a husband.'"