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Sunan an-Nasai 3538 (Book 27, Hadith 152) #18152
Mourning Period During Jahiliyyah

SUMMARY: The Prophet (PBUH) advised a woman to wait four months and ten days before applying kohl to her daughter's eyes, as this was the mourning period during the Jahiliyyah.

Zainab bint Abi Salamah narrated that her mother Umm Salamah said: "A woman from the Quraish came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my daughter's eyes are inflamed; shall I apply kohl to her?' (The daughter's) husband had died so (the Prophet) said: 'Not until four months and ten days (have passed)'. Then she said: 'I fear for her sight'. He said: 'No, not until four months and ten days (have passed). During the Jahiliyyah one of you would mourn for her husband for a year, then when one year had passed she would throw a piece of dung'."
أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُوسَى - قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ وَحَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهَا أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي رَمِدَتْ أَفَأَكْحُلُهَا ‏.‏ وَكَانَتْ مُتَوَفًّى عَنْهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَى بَصَرِهَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ إِلاَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَحِدُّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ تَرْمِي عَلَى رَأْسِ السَّنَةِ بِالْبَعْرَةِ
TOPICS
mourning  *  waiting  *  istiadah  *  quraish  *  salamah  *  jahiliyyah  *  kohl

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Islamic teachings even if they differ from what you were used to in pre-Islamic times.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a woman from the Quraish who asked the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) if she could apply kohl to her daughter's eyes, as her husband had died. The Prophet advised her to wait four months and ten days before doing so, as this was the mourning period during the Jahiliyyah. He explained that in pre-Islamic times, women would mourn for their husbands for one year before throwing a piece of dung away. This hadith teaches us that we should follow Islamic teachings even if they differ from what we were used to in pre-Islamic times. It also teaches us patience and respect for those who have passed away by following Islamic customs of mourning them properly.

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