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مَنْ يُكَنَّى أَبَا السَّنَابِلِ أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ بْنُ بَعْكَكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَمِيلَةَ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الدَّارِ بْنِ قُصَيِّ مِنَ الْمُؤَلَّفَةِ وَاسْمُهُ عَمْرٌو وَيُقَالُ حَبَّةُ

tabarani:19194 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Akhram al-Aṣbahānī > Khallād b. Aslam > Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Aʿmash Wmanṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > Abū al-Sanābil

[Machine] Subay'ah gave birth after the death of her husband, twenty-three nights had passed. She felt a desire, so she went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He said, "If you do it, then her term has been fulfilled."

الطبراني:١٩١٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَخْرَمُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا خَلَّادُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ومَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِي السَّنَابِلِ قَالَ

وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً فَتَشَوَّقَتْ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ فَقَالَ «إِنْ تَفْعَلْ فَقَدْ قُضيَ أَجَلُهَا»

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A widow’s waiting period ends with childbirth

ahmad:18713 – Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bakkāʾī > Manṣūr > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > Abī al-Sanābil

[AI] Subaya gave birth twenty-three or twenty-five nights after her husband's death. Then she made herself presentable, and the Prophet ﷺ was approached and informed, so he said: "If she does so, then her waiting period has passed."

أحمد:١٨٧١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ وَالْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِي السَّنَابِلِ قَالَ

وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَوْ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، فَتَشَوَّفَتْ، فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنْ تَفْعَلْ، فَقَدْ مَضَى أَجَلُهَا».