His father wrote to Umar bin Abdullah bin Arqam Zuhri instructing him to visit Subayah bint Harith Aslamiyyah and ask her about her story and about what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told her when she sought his ruling. So Umar bin Abdullah bin Arqam wrote to Abdullah bin Utbah informing him that Subayah bint Harith had told him that she had been married to Saad bin Khawla, who was from the tribe of Banu Amir bin Luayy and was among those who participated in Badr. He died during the Farewell Pilgrimage while she was pregnant, and not long after his death she gave birth.When she had recovered from her postnatal bleeding, she adorned herself for suitors. Abu Sanabil bin Bakak, a man from Banu Abd al-Dar, came to her and said, "Why do I see you adorned for suitors, hoping for marriage? By Allah, you cannot marry until four months and ten days have passed."Subayah said, "When he said that to me, I gathered my clothes upon me as evening came and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it. He gave me the ruling that I was permitted to marry as soon as I gave birth, and he instructed me to marry if I wished."Asbagh corroborated this, narrating from Ibn Wahb from Yunus. Layth said, Yunus narrated to me from Ibn Shihab. We asked him, and he said, Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman bin Thawban, the freed slave of Banu Amir bin Luayy, informed me that Muhammad bin Iyas bin Bukayr, whose father had participated in Badr, informed him.
وقال الليث حدثني يونس عن ابن شهاب قال
أن أباه كتب إلى عمر بن عبد الله بن الأرقم الزهري يأمره أن يدخل على سبيعة بنت الحارث الأسلمية فيسألها عن حديثها وعن ما قال لها رسول الله ﷺ حين استفتته فكتب عمر بن عبد الله بن الأرقم إلى عبد الله بن عتبة يخبره أن سبيعة بنت الحارث أخبرته أنها كانت تحت سعد بن خولة وهو من بني عامر بن لؤي وكان ممن شهد بدرا فتوفي عنها في حجة الوداع وهي حامل فلم تنشب أن وضعت حملها بعد وفاته فلما تعلت من نفاسها تجملت للخطاب فدخل عليها أبو السنابل بن بعكك رجل من بني عبد الدار فقال لها ما لي أراك تجملت للخطاب ترجين النكاح فإنك والله ما أنت بناكح حتى تمر عليك أربعة أشهر وعشر قالت سبيعة فلما قال لي ذلك جمعت علي ثيابي حين أمسيت وأتيت رسول الله ﷺ فسألته عن ذلك فأفتاني بأني قد حللت حين وضعت حملي وأمرني بالتزوج إن بدا لي تابعه أصبغ عن ابن وهب عن يونس وقال الليث حدثني يونس عن ابن شهاب وسألناه فقال أخبرني محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن ثوبان مولى بني عامر بن لؤي أن محمد بن إياس بن البكير وكان أبوه شهد بدرا أخبره