Volume 5, Book 59, Number 326:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn ‘Umar was once told that Said bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail, one of the Badr warriors, had
fallen ill on a Friday. Ibn ‘Umar rode to him late in the forenoon. The time of the Friday prayer ap –
proached and Ibn ‘Umar did not take part in the Friday prayer.
Narrated Subaia bint Al-Harith: That she was married to Sad bin Khaula who was from the tribe
of Bani ‘Amr bin Luai, and was one of those who fought the Badr battle. He died while she wa preg –
nant during Hajjat-ul-Wada.’ Soon after his death, she gave birth to a child. When she completed
the term of deliver (i.e. became clean), she prepared herself for suitors. Abu As-Sanabil bin Bu’kak, a
man from the tribe of Bani Abd-ud-Dal called on her and said to her, “What! I see you dressed up
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for the people to ask you in marriage. Do you want to marry By Allah, you are not allowed to marry
unless four months and ten days have elapsed (after your husband’s death).” Subai’a in her narration
said, “When he (i.e. Abu As-Sanabil) said this to me. I put on my dress in the evening and went to Al –
lah’s Apostle and asked him about this problem. He gave the verdict that I was free to marry as I had
already given birth to my child and ordered me to marry if I wished.”