At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
Life in time
In space
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WomenFamily, marriage and kinship
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Subay'a bint al-Harith al-Aslamiyya, a woman Companion of Aslam, was the wife of Sa'd ibn Khawla. 2
Her hadith on the waiting period
Sa'd ibn Khawla died at Mecca, and a few nights after his death — twenty-five nights, or fewer, it is said — she gave birth. Abu al-Sanabil ibn Ba'kak told her that her term was four months and ten days, so she went to the Prophet and told him, and he said: "You are free; marry whom you wish" — or, in some versions, "When someone you approve of comes to you, marry." 2 Ibn 'Abd al-Barr says that the jurists of Medina and of Kufa among the Successors transmitted this hadith of hers. 2 The editor notes that Muslim reports something similar from Subay'a herself and that al-Bukhari gives it without a full chain. 2 Her hadith is a foundation for the waiting period of a pregnant widow.
Her report on dying in Medina
'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar narrated from her that the Prophet said: "Whoever of you is able to die in Medina, let him do so, for no one dies there but that I shall be an intercessor or a witness for him on the Day of Resurrection." The editor rates its chain good (hasan), and notes that it is also soundly reported from Ibn 'Umar by another route without mention of Subay'a. 2
The question of her identity
Al-'Uqayli claimed that the Subay'a from whom 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar narrated is a different woman; Ibn 'Abd al-Barr says: "That is not established in my view; God knows best." 1 He follows her with Subay'a bint Habib al-Dubay'iyya, a Basran from whom Thabit al-Bunani narrated her hadith on those who love one another for God. 3
Connections
- Spouse of
- Sa'd ibn Khawla
- Member of
- Aslam· The Companions
- Related to
- Iddah (waiting period)
- Died in
- Mecca· Nabil
People and things also explored
Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Sawda bint Zam'a· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Dubaa bint Amir· Hafsa bint Umar· Ku'ayba bint Sa'd· Rufayda al-Aslamiyya
Sources
- al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr — ed. 'Adil Murshid, Dar al-A'lam, Amman, 1st ed. 1423/2002 (one volume) , p. 912-913
- al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr — ed. 'Adil Murshid, Dar al-A'lam, Amman, 1st ed. 1423/2002 (one volume) , p. 912
- al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr — ed. 'Adil Murshid, Dar al-A'lam, Amman, 1st ed. 1423/2002 (one volume) , p. 913
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islam.museum contributors. “Subay'a bint al-Harith al-Aslamiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/subaya-bint-al-harith-al-aslamiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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