Sahih Muslim Book - 18, Hadith - 3725

وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِى بَكْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ هَذِهِ الأَحَادِيثَ الثَّلاَثَةَ قَالَ قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حِينَ تُوُفِّىَ أَبُوهَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَدَعَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِطِيبٍ فِيهِ صُفْرَةٌ خَلُوقٌ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ فَدَهَنَتْ مِنْهُ جَارِيَةً ثُمَّ مَسَّتْ بِعَارِضَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ مَا لِى بِالطِّيبِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ « لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ تُحِدُّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ».

It was narrated from Humaid bin Nafi', from Zainab bint Abi Salamah, that she told him these three Ahadith. He said: "Zainab said: 'I entered upon Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (s.a.w), when her father Abu Sufyan died. Umm Habibah called for some perfume that had a yellowish color, Khaluq or something else, and she put some of it on a girl, then she wiped her cheeks with it and said: "By Allah, I have no need of perfume, but I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying on the Minbar: 'It is not permissible for a women who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days for anyone who dies, except for a husband; four months and ten days."'