The Waiting Period of a Young or Menopausal Divorced Woman
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The Shaykh : The waiting period of a divorced woman is three months if she is young and has not yet started menstruating, or if she is menopausal, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Talaq 65:4].
As for the one who menstruates, her waiting period is three menstrual cycles.
If this woman does not menstruate in three months except once, how long is her waiting period in months?
Nine months.
If he divorced her while she was breastfeeding, and the custom is that a divorced woman while breastfeeding— I have observed that a nursing woman does not menstruate— so she remained without menstruation for two years until she weaned the child, and then menstruation came to her.
How long is her waiting period?
Yes, three menstrual cycles after the two years.
Pay attention to this.
If he divorced her during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her, the divorce is forbidden,
Why? Because he divorced her for a waiting period that is not certain.
How is it for a waiting period that is not certain?
Because we do not know if this woman, who was just had intercourse with, will become pregnant from the intercourse, in which case her waiting period would be that of a pregnant woman, or if she will not become pregnant, in which case her waiting period would be based on menstruation. So her divorce at that time is for a possible waiting period: possibly the waiting period of a pregnant woman if she becomes pregnant, or the waiting period of a non-pregnant woman if she does not become pregnant. This uncertainty invalidates the divorce, or more accurately, makes it forbidden.
And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated
وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَAs for the one who menstruates, her waiting period is three menstrual cycles.
If this woman does not menstruate in three months except once, how long is her waiting period in months?
Nine months.
If he divorced her while she was breastfeeding, and the custom is that a divorced woman while breastfeeding— I have observed that a nursing woman does not menstruate— so she remained without menstruation for two years until she weaned the child, and then menstruation came to her.
How long is her waiting period?
Yes, three menstrual cycles after the two years.
Pay attention to this.
If he divorced her during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her, the divorce is forbidden,
Why? Because he divorced her for a waiting period that is not certain.
How is it for a waiting period that is not certain?
Because we do not know if this woman, who was just had intercourse with, will become pregnant from the intercourse, in which case her waiting period would be that of a pregnant woman, or if she will not become pregnant, in which case her waiting period would be based on menstruation. So her divorce at that time is for a possible waiting period: possibly the waiting period of a pregnant woman if she becomes pregnant, or the waiting period of a non-pregnant woman if she does not become pregnant. This uncertainty invalidates the divorce, or more accurately, makes it forbidden.