The Place Where a Woman Whose Husband Has Died Observes Her Mourning Period
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A woman’s husband passed away in al-Baha. She has a house in al-Baha and another house in Makkah. She wants to move to her other house in Makkah and observe her mourning period there. Is that permissible for her?
Answer:
It is not her house; it is the marital home, the husband's house. She should stay in the husband's house, not in her own, and remain in the husband's house until she completes the waiting period, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1204Sahih (Darussalam) meaning the waiting period for a widow.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A woman’s husband passed away in al-Baha. She has a house in al-Baha and another house in Makkah. She wants to move to her other house in Makkah and observe her mourning period there. Is that permissible for her?
Answer:
It is not her house; it is the marital home, the husband's house. She should stay in the husband's house, not in her own, and remain in the husband's house until she completes the waiting period, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
until what is written reaches its term
حتى يبلغ الكتاب أجله
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (47:34)
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