The End of the Waiting Period for a Woman Whose Husband Has Died
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Question:
This is Umm Muhammad asking. She says: My father passed away on the twenty-first of the third month. When does the waiting period end? Is it necessary that it be at the exact hour in which the deceased died?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. The waiting period for a woman whose husband has died is four months and ten days.[Al-Baqarah 2:234] Once four months and ten days have passed since his death, she exits the waiting period; her waiting period ends with that. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, she is asking about the specific day, and it appears that on the twenty-eighth of Sha'ban, four months and ten days will have been completed according to the date. May Allah preserve you.
This is Umm Muhammad asking. She says: My father passed away on the twenty-first of the third month. When does the waiting period end? Is it necessary that it be at the exact hour in which the deceased died?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. The waiting period for a woman whose husband has died is four months and ten days.
And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when
وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَإِذَاThe presenter:
Yes, she is asking about the specific day, and it appears that on the twenty-eighth of Sha'ban, four months and ten days will have been completed according to the date. May Allah preserve you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/131 — archive.org (11:56)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.