whoever wishes, I will engage in mutual imprecation (mubahalah) or imprecation (li'an) with him that the verse in the shorter Surah al-Nisa': {And for those who are pregnant, their period is until they deliver their burden}, was revealed after the one in Surah al-Baqarah: {And those of you who die and leave behind wives} (9). This means that this verse is the latter, so it takes precedence over what contradicts it from the generality of the previous verse (10), and its generality is specified by it. Abdullah ibn al-Arqam narrated that Subay'ah al-Aslamiyyah informed him that she was married to Sa'd ibn Khawlah, and he died during the Farewell Pilgrimage while she was pregnant. She did not remain long until she delivered her fetus after his death. When she recovered (11) from her postpartum bleeding, she adorned herself for suitors. Abu al-Sanabil ibn Ba'kak entered upon her and said: "Why do I see you adorned? Perhaps you are hoping for marriage? By Allah, you will not be married until four months and ten days have passed over you." Subay'ah said: "When he said that to me, I gathered my garments when evening came and went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and asked him about that. He gave me a religious verdict (fatwa) that I had become lawful [to marry] when I delivered my fetus, and he ordered me to get married (12) if I wished." Agreed upon (13). Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: "This is a sahih (authentic) hadith, and it has come from various paths, all of which are established, except for what was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas, and what was narrated from 'Ali through a broken chain of transmission." And because she is a pregnant woman in a waiting period, her waiting period expires upon delivery, like a divorced woman. This is verified by the fact that the waiting period was only legislated to confirm her freedom from pregnancy, and delivery is the most indicative of things for freedom from it, so it is necessary that the waiting period expires with it (14). Furthermore, there is no disagreement regarding the continuation of the waiting period as long as the pregnancy remains, so it must expire with its delivery, just as in the case of the divorced woman.