The ruling on a woman leaving her home during the waiting period out of necessity

The questioner:
May Allah guide them all. He says: To a sister outside Riyadh, about eight hundred kilometers away, whose husband passed away last week. Her father and all her mahram (relatives one may not marry) are in Riyadh, and the deceased’s father is an old man who has no control over himself. Is it permissible for me to bring her to Riyadh during the waiting period? And does post-natal bleeding have an effect on the waiting period for the people of…

The Shaykh:
If, as you mentioned, she has no one to protect her or guard her, she is moved to Riyadh from the place where she is. But if she has someone to protect her, meaning she has brothers or her mother’s husband or others, and the people are guarding her, she stays in her place until she completes her waiting period. But if she has no one, and she is in a place of danger, she is moved.

The questioner:
And another says: I am from the city of Jeddah. I asked one of the officials of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice about…

The Shaykh:
…what is wrong with her? If he died while she was in post-natal bleeding, she waits four months and ten days. But if he died before she gave birth, and then she gave birth after his death, even if it was by a night or an hour, she exits the waiting period by the birth. And the waiting period for pregnant women is also the same; for example, if she gives birth, even if it is an hour after his death, the waiting period ends. But if he died while she was in post-natal bleeding, it is necessary that she wait four months and ten days. Yes.