Al-Kafi 10862

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws, said, ‘I asked him^asws about the woman widowed from her husband, and she happens to be in her waiting period, can she go out regarding a right?’ So he^asws said: ‘One of the wives of the Prophet^saww asked him^saww saying, ‘So and so woman has been widowed from her husband, so she wants to go out regarding a right on his behalf’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said to her: ‘Uff! You (women), before I^saww was Sent, whenever a woman from you was widowed from her husband, would take cow dung and, so she would throw it behind her back. Then she said, ‘I shall neither comb (hair), nor apply Kohl, nor dye, for a whole year. But rather, I^saww have ordered you all (women) with four months and ten (days), then she is not being patient from not combing, nor applying Kohl, nor dye, nor going out from her house during the day, nor spending a night away from her house?’ So she said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! So how should she act if a right presented itself to her?’ So he^saww said: ‘She can go out after the decline of the night (midnight), and return during the evening, thus she would become not having spent a night away from her house’. I said to him^asws, ‘Can she perform Hajj?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes’.

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