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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The waiting period of a pregnant woman whose husband has died

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the waiting period ('iddah) for a pregnant woman whose husband died while she was pregnant? Does she have to sit for four months and ten days in order for the grief over the husband to become apparent?

Answer:
When the pregnant woman gives birth, she exits the waiting period for death and the waiting period for divorce, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birthوَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ
[At-Talaq 65:4]
So when she gives birth, she exits the waiting period and becomes lawful for other husbands, even if she gives birth one or two hours after his death, due to the generality of the verse. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 010 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / الحيض / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:26)

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