Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3508
أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّنَابِلِ، قَالَ وَضَعَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ حَمْلَهَا بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِثَلاَثَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَوْ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً فَلَمَّا تَعَلَّتْ تَشَوَّفَتْ لِلأَزْوَاجِ فَعِيبَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " مَا يَمْنَعُهَا قَدِ انْقَضَى أَجَلُهَا " .
Muhammad ibn Qudamah informed me; he said: Jarir informed me, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Abu al-Sanabil, who said: Subay'ah gave birth to her child twenty-three or twenty-five nights after her husband died. When her postpartum bleeding ended, she became interested in marrying and was criticized for it. This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, and he said, ‘What prevents her? Her waiting term has ended.’
Translation notes
The Arabic preserves the two reported intervals, twenty-three or twenty-five nights. The English witness calls the end of postpartum bleeding nifas.