65 - Chapter: What a woman in mourning ('iddah) should avoid of dyed garments

3534 - Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Dhari' informed us, saying: Khalid narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, from Hafsah, from Umm 'Atiyyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a deceased person for more than three days, except for a husband, for she shall observe mourning ('iddah) for him for four months and ten days. She shall not wear a dyed garment except a garment of 'asb (a type of striped Yemeni cloth), and she shall not apply kohl, nor comb her hair, nor touch perfume except at the time of her purity (after menstruation), a small amount of qust (costus) and azfar (a type of perfume)."

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= It is in the "Muwatta'" of Malik 2/596-598, and from his transmission it was narrated by Ahmad (26754) and (26765), al-Bukhari (1281-1282) and (5334-5337), Muslim (1486-1489): (58), Abu Dawud (2299), al-Tirmidhi (1195)-(1197), and Ibn Hibban (4304).

Al-Bukhari (5344) also narrated from it the story of Umm Habibah via the chain of Sufyan al-Thawri, from 'Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr, with it.

It has preceded via the chain of Shu'bah, from Humayd ibn Nafi', from Zaynab, from Umm Habibah, with it, as number (3500), and also via the chain of Shu'bah, from Humayd, from Zaynab, from Umm Salamah, with it, as number (3501), and via the chain of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, from Humayd, from Zaynab, from Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah, with it, as number (3502).

(1) His saying: al-Dhari', from (R) and (M).
(2) The established reading is from the author's "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (5698) and the sources, and in the manuscript copies it appears as: "nor a garment of 'asb" which is an error, though al-Sindi interpreted it saying: This narration implies the inclusion of the prohibition for a garment of 'asb! End quote. Then he noted its difference from the narration of Abu Dawud, and did not declare it erroneous. Perhaps the correct reading of the copies of al-Mujtaba is: "no garment of 'asb" without the conjunction "wa" (and). And Allah knows best.
(3) The established reading is from (M) and the margin of (K) in the accusative, which is the standard reading, as an alternative to his saying: "perfume," or it is in the accusative due to an implied verb, its estimated form being: "and she touches a small amount." In (K) and (R) it appears as: "a small amount" (in the nominative), and in (H): "a little bit."
(4) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Khalid is Ibn al-Harith al-Hujaymi, and Hisham is Ibn Hassan, and Hafsah is the daughter of Sirin. The hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" as number (5698). =