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Sunan an-Nasai 3519 — Remarry After Birth
The 'Iddah Of A Pregnant Woman Whose Husband Dies
Hadith About Remarry After Birth for a Pregnant Widow
Sunan an-Nasai : 3519
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3519
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ زُفَرَ بْنَ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ النَّصْرِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا السَّنَابِلِ بْنَ بَعْكَكِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ قَالَ لِسُبَيْعَةَ الأَسْلَمِيَّةِ لاَ تَحِلِّينَ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ عَلَيْكِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا أَقْصَى الأَجَلَيْنِ . فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَفْتَاهَا أَنْ تَنْكِحَ إِذَا وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا وَكَانَتْ حُبْلَى فِي تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ سَعْدِ ابْنِ خَوْلَةَ فَتُوُفِّيَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَكَحَتْ فَتًى مِنْ قَوْمِهَا حِينَ وَضَعَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا .
Zufar bin Aws bin Al-Hadathan An-Nasri Narrated from:
Abu As-Sanabil bin Ba'kak bin As-Sabbaq said to Subai'ah Al-Aslamiyyah: "It is not permissible for you to get married until four months and ten days, the longer of the two periods, have passed." She went to the Messenger of Allah and asked him about that. She said that the Messenger of Allah ruled that she could get married when she had given birth. She was nine months pregnant when her husband died, and she was married to Sa'd bin Khawlah, who died during the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Messenger of Allah. She married a young man from her people when she had given birth to (the child).
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3519In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 131English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3549
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3519
This hadith speaks about remarrying after birth for a pregnant widow. Abu As-Sanabil told Subai'ah Al-Aslamiyyah that she could not get married until four months and ten days had passed, calling it the longer of the two periods. She went to the Messenger of Allah and asked him. She reported that he ruled she could get married when she had given birth. The hadith also says she was nine months pregnant when her husband died, and that she later married a young man from her people after giving birth. The core teaching is direct: in her case, the Prophet allowed marriage after childbirth.
What we learn from this hadith
- Subai'ah was told by Abu As-Sanabil that she had to wait longer.
- She asked the Messenger of Allah about the matter.
- The Prophet ruled that she could marry when she had given birth.
- The report says she married after giving birth.
