Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَ مَرْوَانُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ إِلَى سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ يَسْأَلُهَا عَمَّا أَفْتَاهَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ سَعْدِ ابْنِ خَوْلَةَ فَتُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا فَوَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ مِنْ وَفَاتِهِ فَلَقِيَهَا أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَعْكَكٍ حِينَ تَعَلَّتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا وَقَدْ اكْتَحَلَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا ارْبَعِي عَلَى نَفْسِكِ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا لَعَلَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ النِّكَاحَ إِنَّهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ مِنْ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِكِ قَالَتْ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مَا قَالَ أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ بْنُ بَعْكَكٍ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ حِينَ وَضَعْتِ حَمْلَكِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَبَاحٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ قَالَ إِنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَى سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ يَسْأَلُهَا عَمَّا أَفْتَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ سَعْدِ ابْنِ خَوْلَةَ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ آمُرُهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَى سُبَيْعَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةِ فَيَسْأَلَهَا عَنْ شَأْنِهَا قَالَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, who said: Marwan sent Abdullah ibn Utbah to Subay'ah bint al-Harith to ask her about what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had ruled for her. She informed him that she had been married to Sa'd ibn Khawlah, who died during the Farewell Pilgrimage - and he was a veteran of Badr. She gave birth before four months and ten days had passed since his death. Abu al-Sanabil ibn Ba'kak met her when she had recovered from her postnatal bleeding and had applied kohl. He said to her: "Wait and do not rush, or something similar. Perhaps you want to marry? It is four months and ten days since your husband's death." She said: I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and mentioned to him what Abu al-Sanabil ibn Ba'kak had said. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her: "You became lawful when you gave birth." Ibrahim ibn Khalid narrated to us, Rabah narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah, who said: Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah wrote to Abdullah ibn al-Arqam commanding him to go to Subay'ah bint al-Harith and ask her about what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had ruled for her. She claimed that she had been married to Sa'd ibn Khawlah, and he mentioned the same meaning. Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: al-Zuhri narrated to me, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah, from his father, who said: I wrote to Abdullah ibn al-Arqam commanding him to go to Subay'ah al-Aslamiyyah and ask her about her situation. He said: He went to her, and he mentioned the hadith.