Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2085
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwah, from ʿAʾishah, from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: ‘It is not permissible for a woman to observe mourning for a deceased person for more than three days, except for her husband.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ " .
تحدّ means to observe the prescribed mourning period (ihdad), not simply to feel grief; the distinction matters in this legal report.
Does ‘observe mourning’ convey the prescribed practice without adding specific restrictions?