Narrated Humaid bin Nafi`:
Zainab bint Abu Salama told me these three narrations: Zainab said: I went to Um Habiba, the wife of
the Prophet (ﷺ) when her father, Abu- Sufyan bin Herb had died. Um ,Habiba asked for a perfume which
contained yellow scent (Khaluq) or some other scent, and she first perfumed one of the girls with it
and then rubbed her cheeks with it and said, "By Allah, I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for
a dead person for more than three days unless he is her husband for whom she should mourn for four
months and ten days.'"
Zainab further said: I want to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died. She
asked for perfume and used some of it and said, "By Allah, I am not in need of perfume, but I have
heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying on the pul…
Zainab further said:
"I heard my mother, Um Salama saying that a woman came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
and said, "O Allah's Messenger! The husband of my daughter has died and she is suffering from an eye
disease, can she…
I (Humaid) said to Zainab, "What does 'throwing a globe of dung when one
year had elapsed' mean?" Zainab said, "When a lady was bereaved of her husband, she would live in a
wretched small room and put on the worst clothe…