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ahmad:26658Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah Qālasamiʿt ʿAbd Rab b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj Waʿabd Rabbih b. Saʿīd Akhā Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

"Abu Hurairah and Ibn 'Abbas differed concerning the widow who gives birth after her husband's death. Abu Hurairah said: 'She may be married.' Ibn 'Abbas said: '(She has to wait) for the longer of the two periods.' They sent word to Umm Salamah and she said: 'The husband of Subai'ah died and she gave birth fifteen days -half a month- after her husband died.' She said: 'Two men proposed marriage to her, and she was inclined toward one of them. When they feared that she was becoming single-minded (on this issue, and not consulting her family), they said: It is not permissible for you to marry. She went to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'It is permissible for you to marry, so marry whomever you want.''" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3509)   

أحمد:٢٦٦٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ رَبِّ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ وَعَبْدُ رَبِّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخَا يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ

اخْتَلَفَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا إِذَا وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ تُزَوَّجُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَبْعَدَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ قَالَ فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُ سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ فَوَلَدَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ فَخَطَبَهَا رَجُلَانِ قَالَ فَحَطَّتْ بِنَفْسِهَا إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَلَمَّا خَشُوا أَنْ تَفْتَاتَ بِنَفْسِهَا إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا قَالُوا إِنَّكِ لَمْ تَحِلِّي فَانْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي مَنْ شِئْتِ  


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nasai:3509Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd Rabbih b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah

"Abu Hurairah and Ibn 'Abbas differed concerning the widow who gives birth after her husband's death. Abu Hurairah said: 'She may be married.' Ibn 'Abbas said: '(She has to wait) for the longer of the two periods.' They sent word to Umm Salamah and she said: 'The husband of Subai'ah died and she gave birth fifteen days -half a month- after her husband died.' She said: 'Two men proposed marriage to her, and she was inclined toward one of them. When they feared that she was becoming single-minded (on this issue, and not consulting her family), they said: It is not permissible for you to marry. She went to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'It is permissible for you to marry, so marry whomever you want.''"  

النسائي:٣٥٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ رَبِّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ اخْتَلَفَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا إِذَا وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ تُزَوَّجُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَبْعَدَ الأَجَلَيْنِ فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُ سُبَيْعَةَ فَوَلَدَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ نِصْفِ شَهْرٍ قَالَتْ فَخَطَبَهَا رَجُلاَنِ فَحَطَّتْ بِنَفْسِهَا إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَلَمَّا خَشُوا أَنْ تَفْتَاتَ بِنَفْسِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّكِ لاَ تَحِلِّينَ قَالَتْ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي مَنْ شِئْتِ  

nasai-kubra:5672Muḥammad b. Ghaylān al-Marwazī > Abū Dāwud / al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd Rabbih b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah

"Abu Hurairah and Ibn 'Abbas differed concerning the widow who gives birth after her husband's death. Abu Hurairah said: 'She may be married.' Ibn 'Abbas said: '(She has to wait) for the longer of the two periods.' They sent word to Umm Salamah and she said: 'The husband of Subai'ah died and she gave birth fifteen days -half a month- after her husband died.' She said: 'Two men proposed marriage to her, and she was inclined toward one of them. When they feared that she was becoming single-minded (on this issue, and not consulting her family), they said: It is not permissible for you to marry. She went to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'It is permissible for you to marry, so marry whomever you want.''" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3509)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ رَبِّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ اخْتَلَفَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا إِذَا وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ تَزَوَّجُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَبْعَدَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُ سُبَيْعَةَ فَوَلَدَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ نِصْفِ شَهْرٍ قَالَتْ فَخَطَبَهَا رَجُلَانِ فَحَطَّتْ بِنَفْسِهَا إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَلَمَّا خَشُوا أَنْ تَفْتَاتَ بِنَفْسِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّكِ لَا تَحِلِّينَ قَالَتْ فَانْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي مَنْ شِئْتِ»