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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Duration of the Waiting Period After Death

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Question:
Umm Jihad says: Does the waiting period end with the death of the deceased? In other words, if the husband dies in the afternoon, does the waiting period end in the afternoon of the last day?

Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic) said:
And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And whenوَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَإِذَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:234]
It is one hundred and thirty days, which is four months and ten days. One hundred and thirty days from his death, from the moment his soul departs. The count begins from the moment his soul departs. When the one hundred and thirty days are completed, she exits the waiting period.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/230 — archive.org (11:29)

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

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