Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3514
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَبَا، سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُنْفَسُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آخِرُ الأَجَلَيْنِ . وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِذَا نُفِسَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ . فَجَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ أَخِي . يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ . فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " قَدْ حَلَلْتِ " .
Muhammad ibn Salamah informed us, from Ibn al-Qasim, from Malik, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, that Abd Allah ibn Abbas and Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman differed about a woman who gave birth a few nights after her husband died. Abd Allah ibn Abbas said, ‘She must wait for the later of the two terms.’ Abu Salamah said, ‘Once she has given birth, she is permitted to marry.’ Abu Hurayrah came and said, ‘I side with my brother’s son’—meaning Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman. They sent Kurayb, Ibn Abbas’s client, to Umm Salamah to ask her about it. He returned and told them that she had said, ‘Subay'ah gave birth a few nights after her husband died and mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah. He said, “You are now permitted.”’
Translation notes
The Arabic says Subay'ah gave birth ‘a few nights’ after her husband’s death; the English witness says ‘one day.’
فَبَعَثُوا كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِلَيَالٍ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " قَدْ حَلَلْتِ " .
The Arabic says بِلَيَالٍ (‘after some nights’), whereas the English witness says ‘one day.’
Should the translation preserve the Arabic’s nonspecific interval rather than the English witness’s ‘one day’?