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«اكْتَحلي بِكُحْلِ الْجَلاءِ بِاللَّيْلِ، وَامْسَحيهِ بِالنَّهارِ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Summary
Malik says it reached him that Umm Salama, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, told a woman mourning her husband, whose eyes were sore: apply the kohl of al-Jala at night, and wipe it off by day. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Divorce. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya. Built on in the chapters on mourning.
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
- Basis for
- Mourning of a widow (ihdad)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1749· Muwatta 1757· Muwatta 1761· Muwatta 1747· Muwatta 1748· Muwatta 1750· Muwatta 1752· Muwatta 1753
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.115
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1751”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-15-1751/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.