One of the sons of Um 'Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume and put it over her body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for our husbands."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1279 In-book : Book 23, Hadith 41 USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 369 (deprecated)
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