English Translation

108 Yahya (upon him be peace) related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Beloved Messenger of Allah visited Hadrat Umm Salama while she was in mourning for Abu Salama and she had put aloes on her eyes. He said, "What is this, Hadrat Umm Salama?" She said, "It is only aloes, Beloved Messenger of Allah." He said, "Put it on at night and wipe it off in the daytime." Malik said, "The mourning of a young girl who has not yet had a menstrual period takes the same form as the mourning of one who has had a period. She avoids what a mature woman avoids if her husband dies." Malik said, "A slave-girl mourns her husband when he dies for two months and five nights like her idda.'' Malik said, "An umm walad does not have to mourn when her master dies, and a slave-girl does not have to mourn when her master dies. Mourning is for those with husbands."