\n\n I (Humaid) said to Zainab, "What does 'throwing a globe of dung when one \nyear had elapsed' mean?" Zainab said, "When a lady was bereaved of her husband, she would live in a \nwretched small room and put on the worst clothes she had and would not touch any scent till one year \nhad elapsed. Then she would bring an animal, e.g. a donkey, a sheep or a bird and rub her body \nagainst it. The animal against which she would rub her body would scarcely survive. Only then she \nwould come out of her room, whereupon she would be given a globe of dung which she would throw \naway and then she would use the scent she liked or the like."\n

\n\n I (Humaid) said to Zainab, "What does 'throwing a globe of dung when one \nyear had elapsed' mean?" Zainab said, "When a lady was bereaved of her husband, she would live in a \nwretched small room and put on the worst clothes she had and would not touch any scent till one year \nhad elapsed. Then she would bring an animal, e.g. a donkey, a sheep or a bird and rub her body \nagainst it. The animal against which she would rub her body would scarcely survive. Only then she \nwould come out of her room, whereupon she would be given a globe of dung which she would throw \naway and then she would use the scent she liked or the like."\n

\nقَالَ حُمَيْدٌ فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْنَبَ وَمَا تَرْمِي بِالْبَعَرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ فَقَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا دَخَلَتْ حِفْشًا، وَلَبِسَتْ شَرَّ ثِيَابِهَا، وَلَمْ تَمَسَّ طِيبًا حَتَّى تَمُرَّ بِهَا سَنَةٌ، ثُمَّ تُؤْتَى بِدَابَّةٍ حِمَارٍ أَوْ شَاةٍ أَوْ طَائِرٍ فَتَفْتَضُّ بِهِ، فَقَلَّمَا تَفْتَضُّ بِشَىْءٍ إِلاَّ مَاتَ، ثُمَّ تَخْرُجُ فَتُعْطَى بَعَرَةً فَتَرْمِي، ثُمَّ تُرَاجِعُ بَعْدُ مَا شَاءَتْ مِنْ طِيبٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ‏.‏ سُئِلَ مَالِكٌ مَا تَفْتَضُّ بِهِ قَالَ تَمْسَحُ بِهِ جِلْدَهَا‏.‏