Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 68, Hadith 5338

قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ وَسَمِعْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، تَقُولُ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَدِ اشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَهَا أَفَتَكْحُلُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لاَ ‏"‏‏.‏ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ لاَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَرْمِي بِالْبَعَرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ ‏"‏‏

. Zainab further said: I heard my mother, Umm Salama saying that a woman came to Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger! The husband of my daughter has died and she is suffering form an eye disease, can she apply kohl to her eyes?” Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) replied, “No,” twice or thrice. (Every time she repeated her question) he said, “No.” Then Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) added, “It is just a matter of four months and ten days. In the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance a widow among you should throw a globe of dung when one year has elapsed.”