I asked Zaynab, "What does throwing a piece of dung at the end of the year mean?"Zaynab replied, "When a woman's husband died, she would enter a small, wretched hut, wear her worst clothes, and not touch perfume or anything else until a year had passed. Then an animal would be brought to her, a donkey, a sheep, or a bird, and she would rub herself against it to break her mourning. Rarely did she rub against anything without it dying. Then she would come out and be given a piece of dung, which she would throw away. After that she could return to using perfume or whatever else she wished."
قلت لزينب وما ترمي بالبعرة على رأس الحول فقالت زينب كانت المرأة إذا توفي عنها زوجها دخلت حفشا ولبست شر ثيابها ولم تمس طيبا ولا شيئا حتى تمر بها سنة ثم تؤتى بدابة حمار أو شاة أو طير فتفتض به فقلما تفتض بشيء إلا مات ثم تخرج فتعطى بعرة فترمي بها ثم تراجع بعد ما شاءت من طيب أو غيره