أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي نَاسٍ بِالْکُوفَةِ فِي مَجْلِسٍ لِلْأَنْصَارِ عَظِيمٍ فِيهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَی فَذَکَرُوا شَأْنَ سُبَيْعَةَ فَذَکَرْتُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي مَعْنَی قَوْلِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ حَتَّی تَضَعَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَی لَکِنَّ عَمَّهُ لَا يَقُولُ ذَلِکَ فَرَفَعْتُ صَوْتِي وَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَجَرِيئٌ أَنْ أَکْذِبَ عَلَی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَهُوَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْکُوفَةِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ مَالِکًا قُلْتُ کَيْفَ کَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ فِي شَأْنِ سُبَيْعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَتَجْعَلُونَ عَلَيْهَا التَّغْلِيظَ وَلَا تَجْعَلُونَ لَهَا الرُّخْصَةَ لَأُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةُ النِّسَائِ الْقُصْرَی بَعْدَ الطُّولَی
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3554
It was narrated that Yazid bin Abi Habib that Muhammad bin Muslim Az-Zuhri wrote to him mentioning that ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Abdullah told him, that Zufar bin Aws bin Al-Hadathan An-Nasri told him that Abu As-Sanabil bin Ba’kak bin As-Sabbaq said to Subai’ah Al-Aslamiyyah: “It is not permissible for you to get married until four months and ten days, the longer of the two periods, have passed.” She went to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and asked him about that. She said that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that she could get married when she had given birth. She was nine months pregnant when her husband died, and she was married to Saad bin Khawlah, who died during the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلمShe married a young man from her people when she had given birth to (the child).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020