Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ لَوْ مِتْنَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّهُنَّ كَانَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ قَالَ وَمَا يُحَرِّمُ ذَاكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقَوْلِهِ { لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ } قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُحِلَّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَرْبٌ مِنْ النِّسَاءِ.
English Translation
Abdullah narrated to us: Ubaydullah ibn Umar narrated to me: Yazid ibn Zurayi and Abd al-A'la narrated to us, they said: Dawud narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abi Musa, from Ziyad al-Ansari, who said: I said to Ubayy ibn Ka'b, "If all the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, had died, would it have been lawful for him to marry again?" He said: "And what would make that unlawful for him?" I said: "Because of His saying: 'It is not lawful for you to marry women after this.'" He said: "Rather, only a certain category of women was made lawful for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him."