The waiting period of a woman whose husband has died: What is the evidence for her not leaving her house during the mourning period?
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The questioner : Regarding the waiting period of a woman, is it four months and ten days?
The Shaykh : Shall we proceed at length?
The questioner : At length...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The waiting period of a woman whose husband has died, I think... four months and ten days. When I read the scholars' explanations in the tafsir of the verse, the phrase about not leaving the house did not pass by me, meaning I did not come across it.
The Shaykh : In the hadiths?
The questioner : In the hadiths. Do you remember the text regarding this matter, other than the hadith of the woman: Is this from it?
The Shaykh : This is from it, but there is something more explicit than it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That the woman should not leave until her waiting period is completed.
The questioner : Did he say she should not leave?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, returning to the previous question regarding work...
The questioner : Ah... this.
Another questioner : Does it mean absolutely no leaving, meaning?
The Shaykh : Absolutely, except for a compelling necessity.
The questioner : Except out of dire necessity.
The Shaykh : She asked me about this yesterday.
The questioner : Umm al-Akram.
The Shaykh : Umm Akram.
The questioner : Yes... what did I tell her, okay?
The Shaykh : She said to me: Is her sister sick, or who?
The questioner : Yes, her sister.
The Shaykh : Ah, I liked a phrase she used. She said to me: Is it that much? I told her: It is not permissible for you to leave except for a very severe necessity, may Allah forbid, may Allah forbid. If you were sick and needed a doctor, and the doctor does not come to your house, and you are forced to go to the hospital, in such a necessity it is permissible. But visiting your sister or your daughter, I do not know what? That is not a necessity. She said to me: Is it that much?
The questioner : I, my Shaykh, when I went back to this text in al-Bukhari, "Fath al-Bari," I also did not find the explicit mention of leaving, neither in the explanation nor in the main text. But when I came to "Al-Nawawi's Explanation of Muslim," and behold, the chapter is titled "The Non-Departure of the Woman Whose Husband Has Died." In the chapter, meaning he placed the title. Subhan Allah! I liked it and said...
Another questioner : This young man wants to ask me.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Shall we proceed at length?
The questioner : At length...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The waiting period of a woman whose husband has died, I think... four months and ten days. When I read the scholars' explanations in the tafsir of the verse, the phrase about not leaving the house did not pass by me, meaning I did not come across it.
The Shaykh : In the hadiths?
The questioner : In the hadiths. Do you remember the text regarding this matter, other than the hadith of the woman:
It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for anyone except her husband for four months and ten days.
لا يحلُّ لامرأةٍ تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تحدَّ على أحد إلا على زوجها أربعة أشهر وعشرًاThe Shaykh : This is from it, but there is something more explicit than it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That the woman should not leave until her waiting period is completed.
The questioner : Did he say she should not leave?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, returning to the previous question regarding work...
The questioner : Ah... this.
Another questioner : Does it mean absolutely no leaving, meaning?
The Shaykh : Absolutely, except for a compelling necessity.
The questioner : Except out of dire necessity.
The Shaykh : She asked me about this yesterday.
The questioner : Umm al-Akram.
The Shaykh : Umm Akram.
The questioner : Yes... what did I tell her, okay?
The Shaykh : She said to me: Is her sister sick, or who?
The questioner : Yes, her sister.
The Shaykh : Ah, I liked a phrase she used. She said to me: Is it that much? I told her: It is not permissible for you to leave except for a very severe necessity, may Allah forbid, may Allah forbid. If you were sick and needed a doctor, and the doctor does not come to your house, and you are forced to go to the hospital, in such a necessity it is permissible. But visiting your sister or your daughter, I do not know what? That is not a necessity. She said to me: Is it that much?
The questioner : I, my Shaykh, when I went back to this text in al-Bukhari, "Fath al-Bari," I also did not find the explicit mention of leaving, neither in the explanation nor in the main text. But when I came to "Al-Nawawi's Explanation of Muslim," and behold, the chapter is titled "The Non-Departure of the Woman Whose Husband Has Died." In the chapter, meaning he placed the title. Subhan Allah! I liked it and said...
Another questioner : This young man wants to ask me.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
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