Sunan an-Nasa'i 3510

Muhammad ibn Salamah and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported to us by reading to him while I listened; the wording is Muhammad’s. He said: Ibn al-Qasim informed us, from Malik, from Abd Rabbihi ibn Sa'id, from Abu Salamah, who said: Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayrah were asked about a woman whose husband died while she was pregnant. Ibn Abbas said, ‘She must wait for the later of the two terms.’ Abu Hurayrah said, ‘Once she gives birth, she is permitted to marry.’ Abu Salamah went to Umm Salamah and asked her about this. She said, ‘Subay'ah al-Aslamiyyah gave birth half a month after her husband died. Two men proposed to her, one young and the other middle-aged, and she leaned toward the younger. The middle-aged man said, “You are not yet permitted to marry.” Her family were away, and he hoped that when they returned they would prefer him as a husband for her. She came to the Messenger of Allah, who said, “You are permitted; marry whomever you wish.”’