Sunan an-Nasa'i 3509

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan informed us; he said: Abu Dawud narrated to us; he said: Shu'bah narrated to us; he said: Abd Rabbihi ibn Sa'id informed me; he said: I heard Abu Salamah say: Abu Hurayrah and Ibn Abbas disagreed about a woman whose husband died and who then gave birth. Abu Hurayrah said, ‘She may marry.’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘She must wait for the longer of the two periods.’ They sent for Umm Salamah, who said, ‘Subay'ah’s husband died, and she gave birth fifteen days—half a month—after his death.’ She said: Two men proposed to her, and she leaned toward one of them. When they feared that she might decide the matter for herself, they told her, ‘You are not yet permitted to marry.’ She said, ‘I went to the Messenger of Allah, and he said, “You are permitted; marry whomever you wish.”’