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Sahih al-Bukhari 5345 (Book 68, Hadith 90) #5119
Mourning Period for Women Who Have Lost Their Husband

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the mourning period for a woman who has lost her husband, which is four months and ten days.

Narrated Zainab bint Um Salama: When Um Habiba bint Abi Sufyan was informed of her father's death, she asked for perfume and rubbed it over her arms and said, "I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard the Prophet saying, "It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days except for her husband for whom the (mourning) period is four months and ten days".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، لَمَّا جَاءَهَا نَعِيُّ أَبِيهَا دَعَتْ بِطِيبٍ، فَمَسَحَتْ ذِرَاعَيْهَا وَقَالَتْ مَا لِي بِالطِّيبِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ‏.‏ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ تُحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ، إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا

TOPICS
mourning  *  period  *  woman  *  huzn  *  muddat  *  nisa

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect your Husband even after he has passed away by mourning him properly according to Islamic teachings .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about how a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day should mourn for her husband. According to this hadith, she should not mourn more than three days except if it is her husband, then she should mourn for four months and ten days. This teaches us that we must respect our husbands even after they have passed away by mourning them properly according to Islamic teachings. It also teaches us that we must be patient during difficult times such as when someone close to us passes away. We must remember that everything happens according to God's will and plan, so we must accept it with patience.

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