Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2027
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّنَابِلِ، قَالَ وَضَعَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ حَمْلَهَا بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِبِضْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً فَلَمَّا تَعَلَّتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا تَشَوَّفَتْ فَعِيبَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا وَذُكِرَ أَمْرُهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " إِنْ تَفْعَلْ فَقَدْ مَضَى أَجَلُهَا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Abu al-Sanabil, who said: Subayʿah al-Aslamiyyah bint al-Harith gave birth a little more than twenty nights after her husband died. When she had recovered from postpartum bleeding, she began to adorn herself for remarriage, and people criticized her for it. Her case was mentioned to the Prophet, and he said, ‘If she does that, her waiting period has ended.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb تَشَوَّفَتْ is rendered as ‘began to adorn herself for remarriage’; the surrounding context implies seeking marriage, though the verb itself is concise.
قَالَ وَضَعَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ حَمْلَهَا بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِبِضْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً فَلَمَّا تَعَلَّتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا تَشَوَّفَتْ فَعِيبَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا وَذُكِرَ أَمْرُهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " إِنْ تَفْعَلْ فَقَدْ مَضَى أَجَلُهَا " .
The verb تَشَوَّفَتْ may describe adorning or preparing herself and, in context, seeking marriage after her waiting period; the exact nuance is not explicit.
Would ‘began to adorn herself for remarriage’ best convey the verb here?