Zainab bint Abi Salamah narrated that her mother Umm Salamah said:
"A woman from the Quraish came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my daughter's eyes are inflamed; shall I apply kohl to her?' (The daughter's) husband had died so (the Prophet) said: 'Not until four months and ten days (have passed).' Then she said: 'I fear for her sight.' He said: 'No, not until four months and ten days (have passed). During the Jahiliyyah one of you would mourn for her husband for a year, then when one year had passed she would throw a piece of dung.'"
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3538 In-book : Book 27, Hadith 152 English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3568
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