The waiting period of a woman whose uterus has been removed

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does a woman whose uterus has been removed have to observe a waiting period for death or divorce, given that the doctors are certain she cannot become pregnant?

Answer:
The waiting period is not solely a matter of pregnancy. The waiting period is a limited period of abstinence prescribed by the Shari'ah for divorce and separation, whether by divorce or by death. Its purpose is not merely to ensure the absence of pregnancy. Therefore, it is obligatory for an old woman of a hundred years, if her husband dies, that she observe the waiting period, even though it is certain that she is not pregnant; it is certain that she is not pregnant. If he divorces her and she is a hundred years old, the waiting period is obligatory for her. So the intended purpose of the waiting period is not merely to know that the womb is empty; that is one of the purposes, but not all of the purposes. Yes.