2303 — Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh and Mālik ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Mismaʿī narrated to us, both saying: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, from Hishām, from Ḥafṣah.

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On _al-iḥdād_ (mourning): Ibn Baṭṭāl said: with an unpointed ḥāʾ, it is the abstention of a woman whose husband has died from all adornment, whether of clothing or perfume, and everything that serves as an enticement to intercourse.

The Lawgiver permitted a woman to observe mourning for someone other than her husband for three days, because of the burning anguish of grief that prevails and the pain of yearning that assails her. This is not obligatory, for they are agreed that if her husband sought intercourse with her, it would not be permissible for her to refuse him in that situation.

His saying: "a garment of _ʿaṣb_" — al-Sindī said: with a fatḥa on the ʿayn and a sukūn on the ṣād: these are Yemeni garments whose thread is bound (_yuʿṣab_), i.e., tied, then dyed and woven, so that what was bound remains white, untouched by the dye. It is also said: striped garments. It is said that on the first view, the prohibition for the woman in mourning concerns what was dyed after weaving. I (al-Sindī speaking) say: the more likely view is that the prohibition concerns what was dyed entirely, for the attribution to _ʿaṣb_ entails that, since its making prevented the whole from being dyed — so reflect.

_Adnā ṭuhratihā_: the beginning of her purity (_ṭuhr_).

_Nubdhah_: al-ʿAynī in his _ʿUmdah_ 3/282 fixed its vocalization, and al-Qasṭallānī followed him in _Irshād al-Sārī_ 1/353, with ḍamma on the nūn and fatḥa, and sukūn on the bāʾ, i.e., a small piece.

_Qusṭ_: al-Nawawī said: _qusṭ_ and _aẓfār_ are well-known types of incense; they are permitted for removing an unpleasant odor, not for perfuming. And God knows best.

Al-Khaṭṭābī said: There is disagreement over what garments the woman in mourning should avoid. Al-Shāfiʿī said: every dye that is ornamental, or any figured decoration for adornment in a garment, or anything that glitters — whether of _ʿaṣb_ or _ḥibarah_ — the mourning woman should not wear it, whether coarse or fine.

Mālik said: she should not wear anything dyed with safflower, or with _wars_, or with saffron.

Al-Khaṭṭābī said: It is plausible that on their school, wearing _ʿaṣb_, _ḥibarah_, and the like is not disapproved, and this is more in keeping with the ḥadīth than the view of those who forbid it.

They also said: she should not wear any jewelry. Mālik said: not even a ring or a fine garment, and dyeing (the hands) is disapproved, according to the majority.