"Should I return to my people, for he did not leave any dwelling house of his own and maintenance for me? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Yes. She said: I came out, and when I was in the apartment or in the mosque, he called for me, or he commanded (someone to call me) and, therefore, I was called. He said: what did you say? So I repeated my story which I had already mentioned about my husband. Thereupon he said: Stay in your house till the term lapses. She said: So I passed my waiting period in it (her house) for four months and ten days. When Uthman ibn Affan became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and decided cases accordingly.  

أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُّومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَإِنِّي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ يَمْلِكُهُ وَلاَ نَفَقَةٍ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمَرَ بِي فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتِ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ مِنْ شَأْنِ زَوْجِي قَالَتْ فَقَالَ امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Ishaq ibn Kab ibn Ujra from his paternal aunt, Zaynab bint Kab ibn Ujra that al-Furaya bint Malik ibn Sinan, the sister of Abu Said al-Khudri, informed her that she went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked to be able to return to her people among the Banu Khudra since her husband had gone out in search of some of his slaves who had run away and he had caught up with them near al-Qudum, (which is 6 miles from Madina), and they had killed him. She said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ if I could return to my people in the Banu Khudra, as my husband had not left me in a dwelling which belonged to him, and had left me no maintenance. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,'Yes.' So I left. When I was in the courtyard, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me or summoned me, and I answered him. He said, 'What did you say?' I repeated the story about my husband. He said, 'Stay in your house until what is written reaches its term.' I did the idda in the house for four months and ten days." She added, "When Uthman ibn Affan sent for me, I told him that, and he followed it and made decisions by it."  

أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ قَالَتْ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ يَمْلِكُهُ وَلاَ نَفَقَةَ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَانْصَرَفْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ نَادَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْ أَمَرَ بِي فَنُودِيتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتِ فَرَدَّدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مِنْ شَأْنِ زَوْجِي فَقَالَ امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

[Machine] That her husband went out in search of treatment for himself, and he was killed on his way back. The news of his death reached her when she was in a house among the houses of the Ansar, far from her own home. She disliked staying there, so she went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, news of my husband's death reached me while I was in a house among the houses of the Ansar, far from my own home. He left me in a dwelling that he did not own, and did not leave me with any provision to spend on myself, nor did I inherit any wealth from him. So, if you see that it is better for me to join my brothers and family, so that we can all be together, then it would be most beloved to me. Please grant me permission to join my family." So, I left happily with that permission. But when I was in the chamber or the mosque, he called me or commanded for me to be called. I responded and he said to me, "How did you assume this?" So, I presented myself to him and he said, "Stay in the dwelling of your husband, who passed away, where you received news of his death, until the designated time period (of 'Iddah) is fulfilled." So, I prepared myself for that period, which was four months and ten days.  

أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْلَاجٍ لَهْ فَأَدْرَكَهُمْ بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَأَتَاهَا نَعْيُهُ وَهِيَ فِي دَارٍ مِنْ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ شَاسِعَةٍ عَنْ دَارِ أَهْلِهَا فَكَرِهَتِ الْعِدَّةَ فِيهَا فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَانِي نَعْيُ زَوْجِي وَأَنَا فِي دَارٍ مِنْ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ شَاسِعَةٍ عَنْ دُورِ أَهْلِي إِنَّمَا تَرَكَنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ لَا يَمْلِكُهُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي نَفَقَةٍ يُنْفَقُ عَلَيَّ وَلَمْ أَرِثْ مِنْهُ مَالًا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِإِخْوَتِي وَأَهِلِي فَيَكُونَ أَمَرُنَا جَمِيعًا فَإِنَّهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ فَأَذِنَ لِي أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِأَهْلِي فَخَرَجْتُ مَسْرُورَةً بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوِ الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمَرَ بِي فَدُعِيتُ فَقَالَ لِي كَيْفَ زَعَمْتِ؟ فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ امْكُثِي فِي مَسْكَنِ زَوْجِكِ الَّذِي جَاءَكِ فِيهِ نَعْيُهُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُفِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا  

[Machine] She asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to return to her family. Her husband had gone out in search of a sustenance, so they decided to wait for him. They caught up with him when he was about to arrive and they killed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Stay in your house until the time appointed in the Quran." I said, "He did not leave for me a house that I own nor any provision." He said, "Stay until the time appointed in the Quran." So she observed 'Iddah (waiting period) for four months and ten days. When 'Uthman sent for me, he asked about this. I informed him of the situation, so he followed the same ruling and decreed accordingly.  

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا؟ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا قَدْ خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا فَأَدْرَكَهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ قَتَلُوهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَدَعْنِي فِي بَيْتٍ أَمْلِكُهُ وَلَا نَفَقَةٍ فَقَالَ «امْكُثِي حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ» فَاعْتَدَّتْ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَ ذَلِكَ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

"Should I return to my people, for he did not leave any dwelling house of his own and maintenance for me? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Yes. She said: I came out, and when I was in the apartment or in the mosque, he called for me, or he commanded (someone to call me) and, therefore, I was called. He said: what did you say? So I repeated my story which I had already mentioned about my husband. Thereupon he said: Stay in your house till the term lapses. She said: So I passed my waiting period in it (her house) for four months and ten days. When Uthman ibn Affan became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and decided cases accordingly. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2300)  

أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَنْزِلٍ يَمْلِكُهُ وَلَا نَفَقَةَ فَقَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَانْصَرَفْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ قُلْتِ؟ » قَالَتْ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ مِنْ شَأْنِ زَوْجِي فَقَالَ «امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ» قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

"Should I return to my people, for he did not leave any dwelling house of his own and maintenance for me? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Yes. She said: I came out, and when I was in the apartment or in the mosque, he called for me, or he commanded (someone to call me) and, therefore, I was called. He said: what did you say? So I repeated my story which I had already mentioned about my husband. Thereupon he said: Stay in your house till the term lapses. She said: So I passed my waiting period in it (her house) for four months and ten days. When Uthman ibn Affan became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and decided cases accordingly. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2300)   

أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ أَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا فِي طَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ قَالَتْ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ يَمْلِكُهُ وَلَا نَفَقَةٍ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمْرَ بِي فَدُعِيتُ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ قُلْتِ؟» قَالَتْ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ» فَاعْتَدَدْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

"Should I return to my people, for he did not leave any dwelling house of his own and maintenance for me? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Yes. She said: I came out, and when I was in the apartment or in the mosque, he called for me, or he commanded (someone to call me) and, therefore, I was called. He said: what did you say? So I repeated my story which I had already mentioned about my husband. Thereupon he said: Stay in your house till the term lapses. She said: So I passed my waiting period in it (her house) for four months and ten days. When Uthman ibn Affan became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and decided cases accordingly. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2300)   

أَنَّهَا جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ وَأَنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ يَمْلِكُهُ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَعَمْ فَانْصَرَفْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمَرَنِي فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ قلت فَرَدَّدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مِنْ شَأْنِ زَوْجِي فَقَالَ امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ أَرْسَلَ إِلِيَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ  

" عَنْ فُريْعَةَ أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْلَاجٍ أُبَّاقٍ (*)، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَطَرفِ الْقَدومِ، وَهُوَ جَبَلٌ أَدْرَكَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوُه، قَاَلتْ: فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا قُتِلَ، وَأَنَّهُ تَركَهَا فِي مَسْكَنٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ، وَاسْتَأذَنَتْهُ فِي الإنْتِقَال، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا، فَانْطَلَقَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ بِبَابِ الْحُجْرَةِ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُدَّتْ، وَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تُعيِدَ عَلَيْه حَدِيثَهَا، فَفَعَلَتْ، فَأَمَرَهَا أَلا تَخْرُجَ حَتَى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ، وَفِي لَفْظٍ: فَقَالَ: امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا، قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ زَمَنُ عُثْمَانَ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْألُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ. افْعَلِي، ثُمَّ قَاَلَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ: هَلْ مَضى مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَوْ مِنْ صَاحِبَيَّ فِي مِثْلِ هذَاَ شَيءٌ؟ قَالَتْ: فُرَيْعَةُ، فَذُكِرْتُ لَهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَسَأَلَنِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَانْتَهَى إِلىَ قَوْلِي، وَأَمَرَ الْمَرأَةَ أَلا تَخْرُجَ مِنْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ".