The Ruling on the Waiting Period of Postmenopausal Women and Visiting Their Children
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Question:
The last question is from a woman who says: My husband has passed away, and I am a postmenopausal woman. Do I have to observe a waiting period? And is it permissible for me to go out to visit my children?
Answer:
Yes, she must observe the waiting period ('iddah). That is, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:234] This includes the older woman and the younger woman, and the post-menopausal woman and the pre-menopausal woman. It is obligatory to observe a waiting period of four months and ten days, and it is obligatory to remain in her home until the waiting period is completed. This is required due to the generality of the verses and hadiths on this matter. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
The last question is from a woman who says: My husband has passed away, and I am a postmenopausal woman. Do I have to observe a waiting period? And is it permissible for me to go out to visit my children?
Answer:
Yes, she must observe the waiting period ('iddah). That is, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]
وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
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