How sound is the statement that it is permissible for women other than the wife to abandon adornment and fine clothes for three days in mourning for the deceased?
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This is correct, and it was mentioned in the noble : "A woman should not mourn for a deceased person for more than three [days], except for her husband, [for whom she mourns for] four months and ten [days]."
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