Hadiths · 14 hadiths

Waiting Period

  1. A woman should not mourn for any dead person more than three days except her husband, for whom she should mourn four months and ten daysSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  2. It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a deceased more than three [days], but for her husband, four months and ten…Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  3. The wife of Thābit ibn Qays was separated from her husband by a Khul‘ during the time of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). So the…Sahih (authentic)Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi · أبو داود والترمذي
  4. Barīrah was instructed to observe an ‘Iddah of three menstrual cyclesSahih (authentic)Ibn Majah · ابن ماجه
  5. When a woman’s husband died, she would go into a small hut, wear her worst clothes and would not touch any kind of perfume until a whole year would pass. Then…Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  6. Hadīth of Subay‘ah al-Aslamiyyah regarding ‘IddahSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  7. No, go and collect the harvest from your trees, for perhaps you will give (some of it in) charity or do a good deed with itSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  8. Stay in your house until the term (of ‘Iddah) lapses. She said: So I spent my ‘Iddah therein (in her husband's house) for four months and ten daysSahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Malik, ad-Darimi and Ahmad
  9. O Messenger of Allah, my husband has divorced me three times and I am afraid that my house will be broken intoSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  10. Do not confuse the Sunnah of our Prophet. The ‘Iddah of a mother-slave girl whose master dies is four months and ten (days)Sahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Malik and Ahmad · أبو داود وابن ماجه ومالك وأحمد
  11. Urwah ibn Az-Zubayr reported from ‘Ā’ishah that she took Hafsah bint ‘Abdur-Rahmān ibn Abu Bakr As-Siddīq into her house when she was in her third periodSahih (authentic)Malik · مالك
  12. A slave has two counts of divorce to discharge toward his free wife, who shall observe a waiting period of three menstrual cycles. A free man has two counts of…Sahih (authentic)ad-Daraqutni and al-Bayhaqi
  13. A woman whose husband is missing and whose whereabouts is unknown to her must wait for four years and then observe the ‘Iddah (of a widow) for four months and…صححه الحافظ ابن حجرMalik · مالك
  14. There should be no sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman until she gives birth, nor with a non-pregnant woman until she has one menstrual cycleSahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, Ahmad and ad-Darimi · أبو داود وأحمد والدارمي

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