She gave birth to her husband’s child ten days before his death; does she have to observe the waiting period?
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Fatwa number ( 15735 )
Q: A woman’s husband is ill and in a hospital in a country other than the one where the wife resides, and his illness is serious, and he has been in the intensive care unit throughout
his stay in the hospital, and ten days before his death his wife gave birth to a child. Does she have to observe the waiting period? Please issue a ruling, may Allah reward you and guide your steps to good, and may you be rewarded, and peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
A: If the matter is as described, it is obligatory for the woman mentioned to observe the waiting period for death, which is four months and ten days; because of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:234] And if the death had occurred before the delivery of the fetus, even by an hour, the waiting period would have ended with the delivery. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: A woman’s husband is ill and in a hospital in a country other than the one where the wife resides, and his illness is serious, and he has been in the intensive care unit throughout
his stay in the hospital, and ten days before his death his wife gave birth to a child. Does she have to observe the waiting period? Please issue a ruling, may Allah reward you and guide your steps to good, and may you be rewarded, and peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
A: If the matter is as described, it is obligatory for the woman mentioned to observe the waiting period for death, which is four months and ten days; because of 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 مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
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