Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27353

Al-Ansari told us, Maan bin Issa told us, Malik bin Anas told us, on the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm, on the authority of Humayd ibn Nafi’, on the authority of Zainab bint Abi Salamah, that she told him these three hadiths. He said: Zainab entered upon Umm Habiba, the wife of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, when her father, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, died, so she asked for perfume that contained a yellowish yellow or something else, and she anointed herself with it. A slave girl, then she touched her private parts, then she said, By God, I have no need for perfume except that I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in God and the Last Day to mourn a dead person for more than three days, except for a husband for four months.” “And ten.”