Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2083
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ، عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ لاَ تُفْسِدُوا عَلَيْنَا سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عِدَّةُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAli ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Wakiʿ narrated to us, from Saʿid ibn Abi ʿArubah, from Matar al-Warraq, from Rajaʾ ibn Haywah, from Qabisah ibn Dhuʾayb, from ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAs, who said: ‘Do not distort for us the practice of our Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace): the waiting period of an umm walad is four months and ten days.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Umm walad: an enslaved woman who has borne a child to her enslaver.
قَالَ لاَ تُفْسِدُوا عَلَيْنَا سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عِدَّةُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا .
Umm walad is a technical status, commonly referring to an enslaved woman who bore a child to her enslaver; the report gives the waiting period without further specifying the case circumstances.
Does retaining umm walad with a concise note preserve the technical category accurately?