Sahih Bukhari 5333

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..

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 Apostle saying on the pulpit, 'It is not lawful for a lady..

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 daughter has died and she is suffering from an eye disease, can she apply kohl to her eye? Allah's..

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 clothes she had and would not..

Narrated Um Salama: A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were diseased). 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..

Narrated Um Habiba: The Prophet said, It is not lawful for a Muslim woman 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. ..