Muwatta Malik

Hadith #1244

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about a woman whose husband died while she was pregnant, and he said, ""When she gives birth, she is free to marry."" A man of the Ansar who was with him told him that Umar ibn al-Khattab had said, ""Had she given birth while her husband was still on his bed, unburied, she would be free to marry