And narrated to me Abu al-Tahir and Harmalah ibn Yahya — and their wording was close — Harmalah said: narrated to us, and Abu al-Tahir said: informed us, Ibn Wahb — narrated to me Yunus ibn Yazid, from Ibn Shihab, narrated to me Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas'ud, that his father wrote to Umar ibn Abdullah ibn al-Arqam al-Zuhri, instructing him to go to Subay'ah bint al-Harith al-Aslamiyyah and ask her about her account and about what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had said to her when she sought his ruling. So Umar ibn Abdullah wrote to Abdullah ibn Utbah informing him that Subay'ah had told him that she had been the wife of Sa'd ibn Khawlah, who was among Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy, and he was one of those who had attended Badr. He passed away from her during the Farewell Pilgrimage while she was pregnant, and it was not long before she gave birth to her child after his death. When she had completed her postpartum period, she adorned herself for the suitors. Abu al-Sanabil ibn Ba'kak — a man from Banu Abd al-Dar — entered upon her and said, "Why do I see you adorned? Perhaps you are hoping to marry. By Allah, you will not marry until four months and ten days have passed over you." Subay'ah said: When he said that to me, I gathered my garments upon myself in the evening and went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and asked him about that matter. He ruled that I had become lawful once I had delivered my child, and he commanded me to marry if it seemed right to me. Ibn Shihab said: I see no harm in her marrying when she has delivered, even if she is still in her bleeding, except that her husband should not approach her until she becomes pure.