أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَی عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ تَذَاکَرُوا عِدَّةَ الْمُتَوَفَّی عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا تَضَعُ عِنْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ تَعْتَدُّ آخِرَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بَلْ تَحِلُّ حِينَ تَضَعُ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَی أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ وَضَعَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِيَسِيرٍ فَاسْتَفْتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3545
It was narrated that Abu Salamah said: “Ibn ‘Abbas and Abu Hurairah were asked about the woman whose husband dies when she is pregnant. Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘(She should wait) for the longer of the two periods.’ Abu Hurairah said: ‘When she gives birth it becomes permissible for her to marry.’ Abu Salamah went to Umm Salamah and asked her about that, and she said: ‘Subai’ah Al-Aslamiyyah gave birth half a month after her husband died, and two men proposed to her. One was young and one was old, and she was inclined toward the young one. So the old one said: It is not permissible for you to marry. Her familY was not there, and he hoped that if he went to her family they would marry her to him. She went to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he said: It is permissible for you to marry, so marry whomever you want.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020