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malik:29-95Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf differed on the question of a wornan who gave birth a few nights after the death of her husband. Abu Salama said, "When she gives birth to the child she is carrying, she is free to marry." Ibn Abbas said, "At the end of two periods." Abu Hurayra came and said, "I am with my nephew", meaning Abu Salama. They sent Kurayb, a mawla of Abdullah ibn Abbas to Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ to ask her about it. He came back and told them that she had said that Subaya al-Aslamiya had given birth a few nights after the death of her husband, and she had brought the matter to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had said, "You are free to marry, so marry whomever you wish." Malik said, "This is how the people of knowledge here continue to act." 29.31 Widows Remaining in Their Houses until Free to Marry  

مالك:٢٩-٩٥وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا وَضَعَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آخِرَ الأَجَلَيْنِ فَجَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي مَنْ شِئْتِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
muslim:1485aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná al-ʿAnazī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman And Ibn ʿAbbās Ājtamaʿā ʿInd Abū Hurayrah And Humā Yadhkurān al-Marʾah Tunfas Baʿd Wafāh Zawjihā Bilayāl > Ibn ʿAbbās ʿIddatuhā Ākhir al-Ajalayn > Abū Salamah Qad Ḥallat Fajaʿalā Yatanāzaʿān Dhalik > Abū Hurayrah > Maʿ from my cousin / Abū Salamah Fabaʿathūā Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Um Salamah Yasʾaluhā > Dhalik Fajāʾahum Faʾakhbarahum > Um Salamah

Her 'Idda is that period which is longer of the two (between four months and ten days and the birth of the child, whichever is longer). AbuSalama, however said: Her period of 'Idda is over (with the birth of the child), and they were contending with each other over this issue, whereupon Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) said: I subscribe (to the view) held by my nephew (i. e. Abu Salama). They sent Kuraib (the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas) to Umm Salama to ask her about it. He came (back) to them and informed them that Umm Salama (Allah be pleased with her) said that Subai'ah al-Aslamiyya gave birth to a child after the death of her husband when the few flights (had hardly) passed and she made mention of that to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he commanded her to marry.  

مسلم:١٤٨٥aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهُمَا يَذْكُرَانِ الْمَرْأَةَ تُنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عِدَّتُهَا آخِرُ الأَجَلَيْنِ

وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَدْ حَلَّتْ فَجَعَلاَ يَتَنَازَعَانِ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ إِنَّ سُبَيْعَةَ الأَسْلَمِيَّةَ نُفِسَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ وَإِنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ  

nasai:3514Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

"(She should wait) for the longer of the two periods." Abu Salamah said: "When she has given birth, it becomes permissible for her to remarry." Abu Hurairah came and said: "I agree with my brother's son" -meaning Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman. They sent Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, to Umm Salamah to ask her about that. He came back to them and told them that she said: "Subai'ah gave birth one day after her husband died;" she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and he said: "It has become permissible for you to marry."  

النسائي:٣٥١٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آخِرُ الأَجَلَيْنِ

وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا نُفِسَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ فَجَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ  

darimi:2325Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] He informed him that he and Ibn Abbas met with Abu Hurairah and they mentioned a man whose wife dies and he remarries after a few nights. Ibn Abbas said that her waiting period is the end of the two terms (the waiting period for pregnancy and for being widowed). Abu Salama said that when she gives birth, her waiting period ends. They disagreed about it, so Abu Hurairah said, "I am with my nephew's son, meaning Abu Salama." So they sent Kureib, the slave of Ibn Abbas, to Umm Salamah and he asked her. Umm Salamah mentioned that Subay'ah bint al-Harith al-Aslamiyah died and her husband passed away and after him she got her period after a few nights, and a man from Bani Abd Ad-Dar proposed to her and informed her that she had her period. She wanted to marry someone else, so Abu As-Sanabil said to her, "Indeed, you have not completed your waiting period." Subay'ah mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ordered her to get married.  

الدارمي:٢٣٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأََنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ اجْتَمَعَ هُوَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَكَرُوا الرَّجُلَ يُتَوَفَّى عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَتَلِدُ بَعْدَهُ بِلَيَالٍ قَلَائِلَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ حِلُّهَا آخِرُ الْأَجَلَيْنِ وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ فَتَرَاجَعَا فِي ذَلِكَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةَ مَاتَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَنَفِسَتْ بَعْدَهُ بِلَيَالٍ وَأَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ يُكَنَّى أَبَا السَّنَابِلِ خَطَبَهَا وَأَخْبَرَهَا أَنَّهَا قَدْ حَلَّتْ فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ غَيْرَهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ فَإِنَّكِ لَمْ تَحِلِّينَ فَذَكَرَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ عِدَّةِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ

ibnhibban:4296ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

"(She should wait) for the longer of the two periods." Abu Salamah said: "When she has given birth, it becomes permissible for her to remarry." Abu Hurairah came and said: "I agree with my brother's son" -meaning Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman. They sent Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, to Umm Salamah to ask her about that. He came back to them and told them that she said: "Subai'ah gave birth one day after her husband died;" she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and he said: "It has become permissible for you to marry." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3514)   

ابن حبّان:٤٢٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «آخِرَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ»

وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا نُفِسَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ قَالَ فَجَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا «قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي»  

nasai-kubra:5678Muḥammad b. Salamah al-Miṣrī > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

"(She should wait) for the longer of the two periods." Abu Salamah said: "When she has given birth, it becomes permissible for her to remarry." Abu Hurairah came and said: "I agree with my brother's son" -meaning Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman. They sent Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, to Umm Salamah to ask her about that. He came back to them and told them that she said: "Subai'ah gave birth one day after her husband died;" she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and he said: "It has become permissible for you to marry." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3514)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمِصْرِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آخِرَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ

وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا نُفِسَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ فَجَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَدْ حَلَلْتِ»  

bayhaqi:15471[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-Faqīh> al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Yazīd b. Hārūn [Chain 2] Abū ʿAmr b. Abū Jaʿfar > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Salamah > Kunt

[Machine] Ibn Abbas and Abu Huraira had a conversation about a man who dies and after his death his wife remarries after a short period. I said, "If she remarries, then she has become halal (permissible)." Ibn Abbas said, "Her waiting period is the end of the two waiting periods." So they both reconsidered their opinions. Abu Huraira said, "I am with the opinion of my nephew, Abu Salama." They sent Kuraib, the servant of Ibn Abbas, to Umm Salama, and she said, "Indeed, Subay'a remarried after the death of her husband after forty nights, and a man from the Banu Abd ad-Dar clan proposed to her and informed us that she has become halal. She wanted to marry someone else, so Abu as-Sanabil said to her, 'Indeed, you are not halal.' So Subay'a mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah, and he ordered her to get married."  

البيهقي:١٥٤٧١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ نا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ح قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ نا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا

وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا الرَّجُلَ يَمُوتُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَتَضَعُ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ بِيَسِيرٍ فَقُلْتُ إِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَجَلُهَا آخِرُ الْأَجَلَيْنِ فَتَرَاجَعَا بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ سُبَيْعَةَ وَضَعَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ يُكَنَّى أَبَا السَّنَابِلِ خَطَبَهَا وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهَا قَدْ حَلَّتْ فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ غَيْرَهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ إِنَّكِ لَمْ تَحِلِّينَ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ سُبَيْعَةُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تُزَوَّجَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ