He consulted with AIi and Zaid bin Thabit, and gave the decision that the woman was an heiress. The divorced wife laid claim to inheritance. A year passed on it, but she did not have the menses.

Imam Malik relates that a person by the name Habban divorced his wife during the period when she was suckling her child. This very opinion has been reported from Uthman, Ali and Zaid bin Thabit. Taus says that the waiting-period of the woman who menstruates once in a year, is three menstruations. Ibn Abbas, Qatadah and Ikrimah say that the waitingperiod of the woman who has not menstruated for a year is three months. Then she would be lawful for marriage to another person.

If signs of pregnancy appear, well and good, otherwise after the passage of 9 months, she should observe the waiting-period of three additional months. Saeed bin al-Musayyab says that Umar ruled: If the woman who has been divorced stops having menses after having them once or twice after the divorce, she will wait for 9 months. (Badaias-Sami ).Īs for the women whose courses are irregular due to some reason, the jurists have held different opinions:

If divorce was pronounced at the commencement of the lunar month, it is agreed that the waiting-period will be reckoned with regard to the sighting of the new moon and if it was pronounced somewhere in the middle of the month, according to Imam Abu Hanifah, three months will have to be completed reckoning each month of 30 days. Their waiting-period will be reckoned from the day divorce was pronounced on them and three months imply three lunar months.

This is in respect of the women who no longer menstruation and have reached menopause because of age. Allah will create ease for him who fears Allah.ġ2. As for pregnant women, their waiting period shall be until the delivery of their burden. (65:4) The waiting period of those of your women who have lost all expectation of menstruation shall be three months in case you entertain any doubt and the same shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated.

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