وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، اشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَيْهَا وَهِيَ حَادٌّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ تَكْتَحِلْ حَتَّى كَادَتْ عَيْنَاهَا تَرْمَصَانِ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ تَدَّهِنُ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا بِالزَّيْتِ وَالشَّبْرَقِ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ طِيبٌ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلاَ تَلْبَسُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحَادُّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا شَيْئًا مِنَ الْحَلْىِ خَاتَمًا وَلاَ خَلْخَالاً وَلاَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْحَلْىِ وَلاَ تَلْبَسُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْعَصْبِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَصْبًا غَلِيظًا وَلاَ تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا بِشَىْءٍ مِنَ الصِّبْغِ إِلاَّ بِالسَّوَادِ وَلاَ تَمْتَشِطُ إِلاَّ بِالسِّدْرِ وَمَا أَشْبَهَهُ مِمَّا لاَ يَخْتَمِرُ فِي رَأْسِهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafic that Saffiyya bint AbiUbayd suffered from an eye-complaint while she was in mourning for herhusband, Abdullah ibn Umar. She did not apply kohl until her eyesalmost had ramas (a dry white secretion in the corners of the eye). Malik said, "A woman whose husband has died should anoint hereyes with olive oil and sesame oil and the like of that since there isno perfume in it." Malik said, "A woman in mourning for herhusband should not put on any jewellery - rings, anklets, or such-like, neither should she dress in any sort of colourful, stripedgarment unless it is coarse. She should not wear any cloth dyed withanything except black, and she should only dress her hair with thingslike lotus-tree leaves which do not dye the hair." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 29 Hadith 1272
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 29 Hadith 107