It was narrated from Zainab that a woman asked Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah whether she could put on kohl during her 'Iddah following her husband's death. She said: "A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him about that, and he said: 'During the Jahiliyyah, if her husband died, one of you would stay (in mourning) for a year, then she would throw a piece of dung then come out. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days, until the term prescribed is fulfilled.'"
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…
It was narrated from Zainab bint Abi Salamah, from her mother, that a woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him about her daughter whose husband had died and she was ill. He said: "One of you used to mourn for a year,…
It was narrated from Zainab bint Abi Salamah, from Umm Salamah that a woman from the Quraish came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "My daughter's husband has died, and I am worried about her eyes; she needs kohl."…