If a woman does not experience the legal excuse (menstruation) except once every three months, what is the waiting period for such a woman?
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Question:
If a woman does not experience the monthly excuse except once every three months, what is the waiting period for such a woman? Does she observe the waiting period based on the number of periods? Or is it obligatory for her to observe the waiting period based on months to make it easier for her? Because if she observes the waiting period based on the number of periods, she would need nine months for her waiting period to pass in this issue? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As long as she is of the age of menstruation, she observes the waiting period based on the number of periods, even if the duration is long. The statement of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Baqarah 2:228], means three periods or three months according to some scholars.
The conclusion is that if she is of the age of menstruation, she observes the waiting period based on three periods, even if the duration is long, even if she does not menstruate except once every three months, until three periods have passed for her, due to this noble verse. She only observes the waiting period based on months if she has passed the age of menstruation, or if she does not menstruate at all. The statement of Allah the Exalted,[At-Talaq 65:4], means the young girls who have not started menstruating, as well as those who have passed the age of menstruation, and those who do not menstruate at all. These three categories observe the waiting period based on three months instead of three periods. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do well by everyone.
If a woman does not experience the monthly excuse except once every three months, what is the waiting period for such a woman? Does she observe the waiting period based on the number of periods? Or is it obligatory for her to observe the waiting period based on months to make it easier for her? Because if she observes the waiting period based on the number of periods, she would need nine months for her waiting period to pass in this issue? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As long as she is of the age of menstruation, she observes the waiting period based on the number of periods, even if the duration is long. The statement of Allah the Exalted,
Divorced women remain in waiting for three periods
وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُوءٍThe conclusion is that if she is of the age of menstruation, she observes the waiting period based on three periods, even if the duration is long, even if she does not menstruate except once every three months, until three periods have passed for her, due to this noble verse. She only observes the waiting period based on months if she has passed the age of menstruation, or if she does not menstruate at all. The statement of Allah the Exalted,
And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated
وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا كانت المرأة لا يأتيها العذر الشرعي إلا مرة كل ثلاثة أشهر فما عدة مثل هذه المرأة؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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