وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ الأَحْوَصَ، هَلَكَ بِالشَّامِ حِينَ دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي الدَّمِ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَقَدْ كَانَ طَلَّقَهَا فَكَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ زَيْدٌ إِنَّهَا إِذَا دَخَلَتْ فِي الدَّمِ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ وَبَرِئَ مِنْهَا وَلاَ تَرِثُهُ وَلاَ يَرِثُهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi and Zayd ibn Aslam fromSulayman ibn Yasar that al-Ahwas died in Syria when his wife had begunher third menstrual period after he had divorced her. Muawiya ibn AbiSufyan wrote and asked Zayd ibn Thabit about that. Zayd wrote to him,"When she began her third period, she was free from him and he wasfree from her, and he does not inherit from her nor she from him." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 29 Hadith 1217
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 29 Hadith 56