What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died if she does not observe the waiting period, but instead continues the course of life to raise her children?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. In another provocative question, she asks, Shaykh Salih: What is her ruling if she does not observe this waiting period, but instead continues the course of life to raise her children?
The Shaykh:
The waiting period is the passage of four months and ten days over her. If she does not observe the rulings of the waiting period, which include the state of mourning and the matters that follow from it, and if she does not observe the rulings of the state of mourning, she commits a sin. However, her waiting period is completed by the passage of its time, whether she intended it or not. The obligatory thing for the woman whose husband has died is to count the days of the waiting period as four months and ten days, or the days of pregnancy if she is pregnant. This is by avoiding adornment and perfume, and avoiding leaving the house in which her husband died except for a necessity that cannot be avoided, and then returning to it. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Since she mentioned continuing the course of life, does the woman in the waiting period, Shaykh Salih, cut off the course of life?
The Shaykh:
The woman in the waiting period must stay in the house, as we mentioned, in accordance with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Stay in your house until the book reaches its term." She engages in the affairs of life while in her house, such as housework, cooking, washing, raising the children, eating, and drinking. However, she avoids adornment, perfume, and beautification, and avoids leaving the house except for a necessity that cannot be avoided, and then returns to it. This does not mean that she is cut off from the works of life, but she is cut off from leaving the house except out of necessity. Otherwise, she works in the house with the works of life befitting a woman.
May Allah reward you with good. In another provocative question, she asks, Shaykh Salih: What is her ruling if she does not observe this waiting period, but instead continues the course of life to raise her children?
The Shaykh:
The waiting period is the passage of four months and ten days over her. If she does not observe the rulings of the waiting period, which include the state of mourning and the matters that follow from it, and if she does not observe the rulings of the state of mourning, she commits a sin. However, her waiting period is completed by the passage of its time, whether she intended it or not. The obligatory thing for the woman whose husband has died is to count the days of the waiting period as four months and ten days, or the days of pregnancy if she is pregnant. This is by avoiding adornment and perfume, and avoiding leaving the house in which her husband died except for a necessity that cannot be avoided, and then returning to it. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Since she mentioned continuing the course of life, does the woman in the waiting period, Shaykh Salih, cut off the course of life?
The Shaykh:
The woman in the waiting period must stay in the house, as we mentioned, in accordance with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Stay in your house until the book reaches its term." She engages in the affairs of life while in her house, such as housework, cooking, washing, raising the children, eating, and drinking. However, she avoids adornment, perfume, and beautification, and avoids leaving the house except for a necessity that cannot be avoided, and then returns to it. This does not mean that she is cut off from the works of life, but she is cut off from leaving the house except out of necessity. Otherwise, she works in the house with the works of life befitting a woman.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المرأة المتوفى عنها زوجها إذا لم تلتزم بالعدة، بل تابعت مسيرة الحياة لتربية أولادها؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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