Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that a woman's husband died and her eye became diseased. Her family mentioned this matter to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and sought permission to apply kohl. They said, "We fear that her eye may be harmed." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One of you women used to stay in her house in the worst clothes, in the worst place, for a whole year, and when a dog would pass by her, she would throw dung at it. Can she not now be patient for four months and ten days?"