Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3504

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ، أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ تَحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ‏" ‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abd Allah ibn al-Sabbah informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Sawa narrated to us; he said: Sa'id informed us, from Ayyub, from Nafi, from Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd, from one of the wives of the Prophet, and from Umm Salamah, that the Prophet said: ‘It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn anyone who dies for more than three days, except her husband; she mourns him for four months and ten days.’

Translation notes
  • The Arabic names both an unnamed wife of the Prophet and Umm Salamah as sources for the report.