Sayyiduna Abu Salamah and Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) gathered together with Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and began discussing the case of a man who dies and, after a few days, his wife gives birth (so which waiting period should the woman observe). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Her waiting period will be whichever of the two (delivery or four months and ten days) is completed later. Abu Salamah said: When the child is born, her waiting period will be completed. There was a dispute between the two on this issue, so Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am with my nephew Abu Salamah. Then he sent Kuraib, the slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), to ask Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), so Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) informed that the husband of Subai’ah bint al-Harith al-Aslamiyyah died and a few days later she gave birth to a child. Then a man from Banu Abd al-Dar, whose kunyah was Abu Sanabil bin Ba’kak, sent her a marriage proposal and informed her that she had become lawful (for marriage). Subai’ah wanted to marry someone else, so Abu Sanabil said: You have not become lawful. Subai’ah mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he ordered her to marry.