It is narrated from Sayyidah Furay'ah bint Malik (may Allah be pleased with her) that her husband went out in search of some of his runaway slaves and was killed at a place called al-Qadum. She relates: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), explained my situation and asked permission to move to my brothers' home. He (peace and blessings be upon him) at first gave me permission, but when I turned to leave he called me and said: "Stay in your (husband's) house until the prescribed waiting period is completed."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Furay'ah bint Malik (may Allah be pleased with her), the sister of Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), that she said: My husband went out in search of some of his runaway slaves and caught up with them at the edge of al-Qadum, and those slaves killed him. The news of his death reached me while I was living in a house far from the houses of my family. I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: The news of my husband's death has reached me while I am in a house far from the houses of my family; my husband has left me neither maintenance nor wealth, and this dwelling is not my own. If I moved to my brothers and my family, it would be easier for me in some of my affairs. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Move." Then, when I reached the mosque or the (blessed) chamber, he (peace and blessings be upon him) called me (or ordered that I be called) and said: "Stay in the house in which the news of your husband's death reached you, until the prescribed term (the waiting period) is completed." So I spent the waiting period of four months and ten days there. She relates: Then Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) (during his caliphate) sent for me; I narrated this hadith to him, and he acted upon it. This hadith is sahih through both chains, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Imam Malik bin Anas narrated it in the Muwatta from Sa'd bin Ishaq. Imam Muhammad bin Yahya al-Dhuhli said: This hadith is sahih and mahfuz (well-preserved). Sa'd bin Ishaq and Ishaq bin Sa'd are two separate narrators, of whom Sa'd is the better known, and Yahya bin Sa'id al-Ansari narrated from both of them, which removes the charge of being unknown (jahalah) from both.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: A woman was divorced, and she remained (in her waiting period) for twenty-three nights, then she gave birth. She came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "(Now) marry." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was married to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) but disliked him, because he was harsh in his dealings with women. So she said to al-Zubayr: O Abu Abdullah! Relieve me (give me ease) with one divorce. She made this request when her labour pains (of childbirth) had already begun. Al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What benefit will one divorce be to you, when I will take you back after it? She said: I will feel relief through it. So he gave her one divorce and went out of the house. She said to her slave girl: Lock the doors. Then she gave birth to a baby girl. When al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was given the good news of it, he (realising what had happened) said: The daughter of Ibn Abi Mu'ayt has outwitted me. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and related the whole incident, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) separated her from him (because her waiting period had ended). This hadith is gharib and has a sahih chain of transmission. Although Abu al-Malih is not among the narrators of the two Shaykhs, he is not accused of fabricating hadith, for he was the imam of the people of al-Jazirah in his time. Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt is the same lady from whom her son Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman narrates this hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "The one who makes peace between people is not a liar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Do not confuse for us the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the umm walad (a slave woman who has borne her master a child): when her master dies, her waiting period is "four months and ten days" [Surah al-Baqarah: 234] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him); he relates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "While I was asleep, two men suddenly came to me. They took hold of me by my upper arms and brought me to a rugged mountain and said to me: Climb it. I said: I do not have the strength for it. They said: We will make it easy for you. So I climbed until, when I reached the top of the mountain, loud voices could be heard. I asked: What are these voices? They said: These are the howls of the people of Hell. Then I was taken further, and I saw people hanging by their hamstrings (the tendons above the heel), the corners of their mouths torn and flowing with blood. I asked: Who are these people? They said: These are the ones who used to break their fast before its time (without excuse). Then I was taken further, and I saw people who were extremely swollen, gave off a foul stench and were most hideous to look at. I asked: Who are these? They said: These are the men and women who commit fornication. Then I was taken further, and I saw women whose breasts were being bitten by snakes. I asked: What is the matter with them? They said: These are the women who used to withhold their milk from their children. Then I was taken further, and I saw some children playing between two rivers. I asked: Who are these? They said: These are the offspring of the believers who died in childhood. Then an elevated place appeared before me, where I saw three men drinking from their wine (the drink of Paradise or the cup of al-Kawthar). I asked: Who are these? They said: These are Ja'far bin Abi Talib, Zayd and Ibn Rawahah. Then another elevated place appeared before me, where there were three men. I asked: Who are these? They said: These are Ibrahim, Musa and Isa (peace be upon them), and they are waiting for you." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Imam Bukhari used all of its narrators as evidence except Sulaym bin Amir, and Imam Muslim used Sulaym bin Amir as evidence as well.

Muhammad bin Thabit relates that his father, Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him), separated from Jamilah bint Abdullah bin Ubayy while she was pregnant with Muhammad. When she gave birth to him, she swore that she would not nurse him with her milk. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for the child, put some of his blessed saliva into his mouth, performed tahnik for him with an Ajwah date, named him Muhammad, and said: "Take him around (to wet nurses); Allah will surely provide for him." The narrator says: I took him around on the first, second and third days, and suddenly there was a woman of the Arabs asking about Thabit bin Qays. I said: What do you want with him? I am Thabit. She said: I saw this child in my dream, as though I were nursing a son of his called Muhammad. Thabit said: I am Thabit, and this is my son Muhammad. The narrator says: (At that very moment) milk was dripping from the woman's breast. This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: This verse, "without being turned out" [Surah al-Baqarah: 240] , abrogated the ruling that (the widow) must stay in her in-laws' home during the waiting period; now she may spend her waiting period wherever she wishes. Ata' said: If she wishes, she may stay with her in-laws and reside there according to her bequest, and if she wishes, she may leave (from there), because Allah says: "Then there is no sin upon you in what they do with themselves" [Surah al-Baqarah: 240] . Ata' further said: Then the ruling of inheritance came and abrogated the (permanent) right of residence; now she may spend her waiting period wherever she wishes. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a poor (slave or slave girl) belonging to a man of the Ansar came and said: My master forces me into prostitution. Upon this, the verse was revealed: "And do not force your slave girls into prostitution" [Surah al-Nur: 33] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.