Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 23 :: Hadith 369

Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin:

One of the sons of Um 'Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume and put it over her body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for our husbands."