3503 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar informed us, saying: Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, saying: I heard Yahya say: I heard Nafi' say, on the authority of Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd, that she heard Hafsah bint Umar, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to observe mourning for a deceased person for more than three days, except for a husband, for she shall observe mourning for him for four months and ten days."

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Al-Sindi said: His statement: "Shall I apply kohl to her" — with a damma on the ha', and it is said with a fatha. "And it is only" — i.e., the waiting period — "four months and ten days" — with both parts in the accusative, following the wording of the Qur'anic recitation... and it has also come with both in the nominative, according to the original rule. "With a dung pellet" — with a fatha on the ba' and a sukun on the 'ayn, or a fatha on it. She would, upon leaving, throw a dung pellet, as if saying: her sitting in the house and confining herself for a year, relative to the right of the husband over her, was like the throwing of a dung pellet.

(1) His statement: "I heard Yahya say" — from (M), and omitted from (R), (K), (H), and the printed edition.
(2) Its chain is authentic. Abd al-Wahhab: he is Ibn Abd al-Majid al-Thaqafi, and Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, and Nafi' is the freed slave of Ibn Umar, and Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd: she is the wife of Abdullah ibn Umar. The hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (5666).
Muslim also recorded it (1490): (64) from Abi Ghassan al-Misma'i and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, from Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi, with this chain.
Ahmad recorded it (26452), and Ibn Majah (2086) via two paths from Yahya ibn Sa'id, with it, without his statement: "for she shall observe mourning for him for four months and ten days."
There is a difference of opinion concerning it on Nafi':
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated it from him as in this narration, from Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd, from Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with it.
And Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah narrated it from Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, from Nafi', and there is a difference of opinion concerning him:
Muhammad ibn Sawa' narrated it, as in the following narration, from Sa'id, from Ayyub, from Nafi', from Safiyyah, from some of the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and from Umm Salamah, with it.
And Abdullah ibn Bakr al-Sahmi narrated it, as in the following narration under number (3505), from Sa'id, from Ayyub, from Nafi', from Safiyyah, from some of the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, namely Umm Salamah, with it.
And contradicting Sa'id, Isma'il ibn Ulayyah, as in Musnad Ahmad (26453), and Hammad ibn Zayd, as =