#1327 108 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited
Umm Salama while she was in mourning for Abu Salama and she had put
aloes on her eyes. He said, "What is this, Umm Salama?" She said, "It
is only aloes, Messenger of Allah." He said, "Put it on at night and
wipe it off in the daytime."


Malik said, "The mourning of a
young girl who has not yet had a menstrual period takes the same form
as the mourning of one who has had a period. She avoids what a mature
woman avoids if her husband dies."


Malik said, "A slave-girl
mourns her husband when he dies for two months and five nights like
her idda.''


Malik said, "An umm walad does not have to mourn
when her master dies, and a slave-girl does not have to mourn when her
master dies. Mourning is for those with husbands."