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(Book 29, Hadith 83) #36299
Rights of Pregnant Widows

SUMMARY: The hadith discusses the situation of a pregnant widow and her right to remarry after her husband's death.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdu Rabbih ibn Said ibn Qays that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said that Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayra were asked when a pregnant woman whose husband had died could remarry. Ibn Abbas said, "At the end of two periods". Abu Hurayra said, "When she gives birth, she is free to marry". Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman visited Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked her about it Umm Salama said, ''Subaya al-Aslamiya gave birth half a month after the death of her husband, and two men asked to marry her. One was young and the other was old. She preferred the young man and so the older man said, 'You are not free to marry yet'. Her family were away and he hoped that when her family came, they would give her to him. She went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'You are free to marry, so marry whomever you wish'. "
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سُئِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَامِلِ يُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آخِرَ الأَجَلَيْنِ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِذَا وَلَدَتْ فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ ‏.‏ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَلَدَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ الأَسْلَمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِنِصْفِ شَهْرٍ فَخَطَبَهَا رَجُلاَنِ أَحَدُهُمَا شَابٌّ وَالآخَرُ كَهْلٌ فَحَطَّتْ إِلَى الشَّابِّ فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ لَمْ تَحِلِّي بَعْدُ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ أَهْلُهَا غَيَبًا وَرَجَا إِذَا جَاءَ أَهْلُهَا أَنْ يُؤْثِرُوهُ بِهَا فَجَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ قَدْ حَلَلْتِ فَانْكِحِي مَنْ شِئْتِ

TOPICS
widow  *  marriage  *  remarriage  *  pregnancy  *  ararafa  *  nikah  *  talaq  *  haml

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect women’s rights in Islam , be just towards widows in society , show compassion towards those who have lost their spouses etc..
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the rights of a pregnant widow to remarry after her husband's death. It is narrated by Yahya from Malik from Abdu Rabbih ibn Said ibn Qays that Abu Salama Ibn Abd ar-Rahman said that Abdullah Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayra were asked when a pregnant woman whose husband had died could remarry. Ibn Abbas said that she should wait until two periods have passed before she can remarry while Abu Hurayra said that she can marry as soon as she gives birth. Umm Salama was then consulted on this matter and she told them about Subaya al-Aslamiya who gave birth half a month after her husband's death and two men asked to marry her; one young man and one old man. She chose the young man but the old man argued that she was not free to marry yet since her family was away at the time. Subaya then went to Prophet Muhammad who declared that she was free to marry whomever she wished. This hadith teaches us about the rights of widows in Islam; they are allowed to remarry once they have given birth or waited for two periods if they are still pregnant at their husbands' deaths.

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