Sahih al-Bukhari 5340

Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ نُهِينَا أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ بِزَوْجٍ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated Um 'Atiyya:We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for a husband

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5340, Book of Divorce. English translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan.