The waiting period after a divorce

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

Answered by Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shuayb – may Allah preserve him-

??Question:

What’s the ‘iddah waiting period regarding these women after their divorce?

1: A woman divorced while pregnant.

2: A woman divorced after having finished her menstruation.

3: A older woman divorced while her menstruation cycle discontinued perminently.

4: A woman after being divorced her menstruation stopped for no apparent reason as far as she is aware.

5: A woman after being divorced her menstruation discontinued temporarily due to a reason she aware of and is expecting to come back after the reason; like breastfeeding, or medicinal and other than this, leaves.

Benefit us Oh shaykh Abu Hamza, may Allah place blessings in you and in your knowledge.

??Answer:

1: Her ‘iddah ends when she gives birth.

2: Her ‘iddah is three menstruation cycles.

3: Her ‘iddah is three months.

4: She’s to go to a doctor and if the doctor concludes that her menstruation will return, then her ‘iddah is three menstruation cycles, and if the doctor concludes that her menstruation will not return, then her ‘iddah is three months.

5: Her ‘iddah is three menstruation cycles.

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Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani

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