The Woman in the Waiting Period Going to the Hospital and Staying There

The questioner:
A woman says: The questioner, Umm Abdullah, has ten days remaining in her waiting period, then she had a dire necessity to go to the hospital, so she went, and the situation required her to stay in the hospital for five days. What is the ruling?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
A woman has ten days remaining in her waiting period, then she needed the hospital

The Shaykh:
Due to the death of her husband.

The questioner:
Yes, yes, a waiting period due to death

The Shaykh:
Death, yes. Yes.

The questioner:
So she needed it.

The Shaykh:
There is no harm if she needs it. I say there is no harm in her going out for her need. A woman in the waiting period due to death, there is no harm in her going out for her need during the day, not at night. And there is no harm in her going to the hospital if she needs treatment or to see the doctors; there is no harm in that. And there is no harm in her staying overnight in the hospital if she needs to and it would be a harm to her if she left; there is no harm in that. Yes.