The ruling on a pregnant woman leaving the waiting period and mourning, and washing her husband
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The questioner:
I thank you, Honorable Shaykh. A woman’s husband passed away while she was pregnant, and she gave birth immediately after his death. Has she completed the waiting period, and is she no longer required to observe mourning? Also, in this case, does she have the right to wash her deceased husband after giving birth?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the waiting period for a woman whose husband has died is the delivery of the pregnancy. As Allah the Exalted said:[At-Talaq 65:4] Even if it is by the certainty of a moment, if she gives birth a moment after his death, she has completed the waiting period and is free to marry. As for her washing her husband, she may wash her husband, just as a husband may wash his wife. As for anyone other than the spouses, men are responsible for washing men, and women are responsible for washing women. This is the obligatory ruling. As for the spouses, each of them may wash the other, because 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) washed Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), and Asma bint Humayd washed Abu Bakr al-Siddiq because she was his wife. In the question, I do not know what is best. When she complained, he said, “It is not a burden for you to walk before me, so I will wash you and pray over you,” which indicates that a husband may wash his wife.
The questioner:
And in the question, may Allah reward you, is she required to observe the mourning period?
The Shaykh:
Mourning follows the waiting period. As long as you have completed the waiting period by the delivery of the pregnancy, there are no months for her. She may marry. If her husband died at Maghrib and she gave birth two or three minutes after Maghrib, she has completed the waiting period and may marry. In the end, she may marry during the waiting period and her husband may stay with her, meaning she has completed the waiting period. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
I thank you, Honorable Shaykh. A woman’s husband passed away while she was pregnant, and she gave birth immediately after his death. Has she completed the waiting period, and is she no longer required to observe mourning? Also, in this case, does she have the right to wash her deceased husband after giving birth?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the waiting period for a woman whose husband has died is the delivery of the pregnancy. As Allah the Exalted said:
And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth
وَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّThe questioner:
And in the question, may Allah reward you, is she required to observe the mourning period?
The Shaykh:
Mourning follows the waiting period. As long as you have completed the waiting period by the delivery of the pregnancy, there are no months for her. She may marry. If her husband died at Maghrib and she gave birth two or three minutes after Maghrib, she has completed the waiting period and may marry. In the end, she may marry during the waiting period and her husband may stay with her, meaning she has completed the waiting period. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
عدة الحامل وتغسيلها زوجها بعد الوضع — alfawzan.live
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