That Al-Fura' bint Malik ibn Sinan—who is the sister of Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri—informed her that she came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asking him to return to her family among Banu Khudrah, because her husband had gone out in pursuit of some slaves of his who had fled, until they reached the edge of Al-Dadm, where they overtook him and killed him. She said: So I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to let me return to my family, for he did not leave me in a dwelling that he owned, nor any maintenance.
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 the story to him which I had mentioned concerning the affair of my husband. She said: Then he said: "Stay in your house until the prescribed term reaches its end." She said: So I observed my waiting period in it for four months and ten days.
She said: When 'Uthman ibn 'Affan became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and judged accordingly.