Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Does the waiting period of a pregnant widow end when she gives birth immediately after her husband's death?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a pregnant woman gives birth immediately after her husband's death, does her waiting period end with that?

Answer:
If she gives birth at the moment, she exits the waiting period.
And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birthوَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ
[At-Talaq 65:4]
This verse is absolute. If she gives birth at the moment after his death, she exits the waiting period. Some scholars, as attributed to Ibn 'Abbas, hold that she observes the waiting period for the longer of the two periods. This is not the view of the majority. Yes. It is not the apparent meaning of the verse. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2433 -3022] هل تنتهي عدة المحدة الحامل إذا وضعت حملها بعد وفاة زوجها مباشرة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa