Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 759

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بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ إِحْدَادِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجِهَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

Chapter: Prohibition against a woman mourning a deceased person for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom the period is four months and ten days.

عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُوهَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَدَعَتْ بِطِيبٍ فِيهِ صُفْرَةُ خَلُوقٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ، فَدَهَنَتْ مِنْهُ جَارِيَةً، ثُمَّ مَسَّتْ بِعَارِضَيْهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: وَاللَّهِ مَا لِي بِالطِّيبِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ، إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا».

Zaynab bint Abi Salamah reported: I visited Umm Habibah, the Prophet’s wife, after her father, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, had passed away. She requested some perfume containing saffron or a similar scent, applied it to a slave girl, and touched it to her own cheeks. Then she said, "By Allah, I have no desire for perfume, but I heard the Messenger of Allah say from the pulpit: 'No woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day should mourn a deceased person for more than three nights, except for her husband, for whom the period is four months and ten days.'"

قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ: ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَخُوهَا، فَدَعَتْ بِطِيبٍ فَمَسَّتْ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا لِي بِالطِّيبِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا».

Zaynab continued: I later visited Zaynab bint Jahsh when her brother passed away. She asked for perfume, applied some, and said, "By Allah, I have no desire for perfume, but I heard the Messenger of Allah say from the pulpit: 'No woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day should mourn a deceased person for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom the period is four months and ten days.'"

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Vocabulary · المفردات (12 verbs · 23 nouns)

• دَخَلَ — to enter
• تَوَفَّى — to die
• دَعَا — to call
• بَابٌ — chapter
• تَحْرِيمٌ — prohibition
• إِحْدَادٌ — mourning