Arabic Text
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ " أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ " .
English Translation
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters and he said: " More than three (days) except in the company of a Mahram."
This hadith is from Sahih Muslim, one of the most rigorously authenticated collections in Islamic scholarship. No editorial opinion is added.