أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، نا دَاوُدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ , عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، وَابْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّهُمَا كَتَبَا إِلَى سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ يَسْأَلَانِهَا عَنْ أَمْرِهَا، فَكَتَبَتْ إِلَيْهِمَا أَنَّهَا وَضَعَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ زَوْجِهَا بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، فَتَهَيَّأَتْ لِتَطْلُبَ الْخَيْرَ، فَمَرَّ بِهَا أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: قَدْ أَسْرَعْتِ، اعْتَدِّي آخِرَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا، فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتِ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ: ((وَمِمَّ ذَاكَ؟)) قَالَتْ: فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَقَالَ: ((إِنْ وَجَدْتِ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا فَتَزَوَّجِي)).
It is narrated from Masruq and Ibn Utbah that both of them wrote a letter to Sabi’ah bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked her about her situation: so she wrote them a reply that she had given birth to a child twenty-five days after the death of her husband, so she intended to seek goodness (marriage), then Abu Sanabil (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by her and said to her: You have acted hastily, complete the last of the two waiting periods, and that is four months and ten days. So she went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray for forgiveness for me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “For what reason?” She said: I told you the incident. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If you find a righteous man, then marry.”