3512 - Qutaybah informed us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Yahya, from Sulayman ibn Yasar,
that Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Abbas, and Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman discussed the waiting period of a woman whose husband has died, and whether she gives birth at the time of her husband's death. Ibn Abbas said: "She observes the waiting period for the longer of the two terms." Abu Salamah said: "Rather, she becomes lawful as soon as she gives birth." Abu Hurayrah said: "I am with my brother's son."

So they sent word to Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and she said: "Subay'ah al-Aslamiyyah gave birth shortly after her husband's death, and she asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for a ruling, and he commanded her to marry."

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It has preceded in the two hadiths before this that she gave birth half a month after his death, and it will come in the four hadiths after this that she gave birth days, or nights, or a short while after his death, and it will come in hadith (3517) that she gave birth in less than four months. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "Fath al-Bari" 9/473: Reconciling these narrations is difficult due to the unity of the story, and perhaps this is the secret behind the vagueness of those who left the duration vague, since the point of disagreement is whether she gives birth before four months and ten days... The majority of scholars from the Salaf and the leading jurists of the regions have said: If a pregnant woman's husband dies, she becomes lawful upon giving birth, and the waiting period of widowhood is concluded. Ali differed on this and said: She observes the waiting period for the longer of the two terms... See the rest of his words.
It has preceded in the two hadiths before this via the chain of Abd Rabbih ibn Sa'id, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, with the same content.
(1) The word "iddah" appears in a copy in the margin of (K).
(2) His saying: "her husband" appears in a copy in the margin of (K), and after it in (M) comes the word: "the pregnant woman."
(3) Its chain is authentic. Qutaybah: he is Ibn Sa'id, and Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd, and Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Ansari. The hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (5676).
Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it (1194) from Qutaybah ibn Sa'id with this chain and said: A hasan sahih hadith.
Muslim narrated it (1485) from Muhammad ibn Rumh, from Al-Layth, with it. (He did not cite its wording.)
Muslim also narrated it via two other chains from Yahya ibn Sa'id, with it, and in it: They sent Kurayb, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas, to Umm Salamah.
It will also come via the chain of Malik, from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, with it, under number (3514), and in it: They sent Kurayb to Umm Salamah.
See also the three hadiths before it.