Volume 7, Book 63, Number 262:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said to those who were involved in a case of Lian, “Your accounts are with Allah. One
of you two is a liar. You (husband) have right on her (wife).” The husband said, “My money, O Allah’s
Apostle!” The Prophet said, “You are not entitled to take back any money. If you have told the truth,
the Mahr that you paid, was for having sexual relations with her lawfully; and if you are a liar, then
you are less entitled to get it back.”
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Book 64: Supporting the Family
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 250:
Narrated Yunus Ibn Jubair:
Ibn ‘Umar divorced his wife while she was having her menses. ‘Umar asked the Prophet who said,
“Order him (your son) to take her back, and then divorced her before her period of the ‘Iddah has
elapsed.” I asked Ibn ‘Umar, “Will that divorce (during the menses) be counted?” He replied, “If some –
body behaves foolishly (will his foolishness be an excuse for his misbehavior)?”
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 251:
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 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 Apostle 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 per –
fume, but I have heard Allah’s Apostle saying on the pulpit, ‘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 she
should mourn for four months and ten days.’ ” Zainab further said, “I heard my mother, Um Salama
saying that a woman came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The husband of my daugh –
ter has died and she is suffering from an eye disease, can she apply kohl to her eye?” Allah’s Apostle
replied, “No,” twice or thrice. (Every time she repeated her question) he said, “No.” Then Allah’s
Apostle added, “It is just a matter of four months and ten days. In the Pre-Islamic Period of ignorance
a widow among you should throw a globe of dung when one year has elapsed.” I 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 clothes
she had and would not touch any scent till one year had elapsed. Then she would bring an animal,
e.g. a donkey, a sheep or a bird and rub her body against it. The animal against which she would rub
her body would scarcely survive. Only then she would come out of her room, whereupon she would
be given a globe of dung which she would throw away and then she would use the scent she liked or
the like.”
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Volume 7, Book 63, Number 252:
Narrated Um Salama:
A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were dis –
eased). They came to Allah’s Apostle, and asked him to allow them to treat her eyes with kohl, but he
said, “She should not apply kohl to her eyes. (In the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance) a widowed wo –
man among you would stay in the worst of her clothes (or the worst part of her house) and when a
year had elapsed, if a dog passed by her, she would throw a globe of dung, Nay, (she cannot use
kohl) till four months and ten days have elapsed.”
Narrated Um Habiba: The Prophet said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim woman who believes in Al –
lah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom she
should mourn for four months and ten days.”
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 253:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for a husband.
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 254:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days for a dead person, except for a husband,
for whom a wife should mourn for four months and ten days (while in the mourning period) we
were not allowed to put kohl in our eyes, nor perfume our-selves, nor wear dyed clothes, except a
garment of ‘Asb (special clothes made in Yemen). But it was permissible for us that when one of us
became clean from her menses and took a bath, she could use a piece of a certain kind of incense.
And it was forbidden for us to follow funeral processions.
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 255:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
The Prophet said, “It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah and the Last Day, to mourn for
more than three days for a dead person, except for her husband, in which case she should neither
put kohl in her eyes, nor perfume herself, nor wear dyed clothes, except a garment of ‘Asb” Um
‘Atiyya added: The Prophet said, “She should not use perfume except when she becomes clean from
her menses whereupon she can use Qust, and Azfar (two kinds of incense).
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Volume 7, Book 63, Number 256:
Narrated Mujahid:
(regarding the Verse): ‘If any of you dies and leaves wives behind,’ That was the period of the ‘Id –
dah which the widow was obliged to spend in the house of the late husband. Then Allah revealed:
And those of you who die and leave wives should bequeath for their wives a year’s maintenance and
residence without turning them out, but if they leave, there is no blame on you for what they do of
themselves, provided it is honorable (i.e. lawful marriage) (2.240) Mujahid said: Allah has ordered
that a widow has the right to stay for seven months and twenty days with her husband’s relatives
through her husband’s will and testament so that she will complete the period of one year (of ‘Iddah).
But the widow has the right to stay that extra period or go out of her husband’s house as is indicated
by the statement of Allah: ‘But if they leave there is no blame on you,… ‘ (2.240) Ibn ‘Abbas said: The
above Verse has cancelled the order of spending the period of the ‘Iddah at her late husband’s house,
and so she could spend her period of the ‘Iddah wherever she likes. And Allah says: ‘Without turning
them out.’ ‘Ata said: If she would, she could spend her period of the ‘Iddah at her husband’s house,
and live there according to her (husband’s) will and testament, and if she would, she could go out (of
her husband’s house) as Allah says: ‘There is no blame on you for what they do of themselves.’
(2.240) ‘Ata added: Then the Verses of inheritance were revealed and the order of residence (for the
widow) was cancelled, and she could spend her period of the ‘Iddah wherever she would like, and
she was no longer entitled to be accommodated by her husband’s family.