Explanation of the waiting period for a nursing woman who is divorced, and that she must wait for menstruation to return, even if it takes a full year, with evidence.

The Shaykh : She waits until menstruation returns to her, and she observes the waiting period based on that. What is the example?
The student: The example is the nursing woman.

The Shaykh : The nursing woman, for it is the norm that a nursing woman does not menstruate. So if he divorces his wife while she is nursing, and she remains for two or three years?
The student: She waits until menstruation returns and observes the waiting period of three menstrual cycles.

The Shaykh : She waits until menstruation returns and observes the waiting period of three menstrual cycles. Now, what is the evidence for this?
Because some people, even among students of knowledge, think that a woman who is nursing and does not menstruate observes a waiting period of three months. This is undoubtedly ignorance. The nursing woman must wait until menstruation returns, even if she remains in the waiting period for one or two years. Now, if someone asks: What is the evidence? Who knows?
The evidence is the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted: He excluded the young girls, and He excluded those who have passed the age of menstruation, and He excluded those with whom he has not had intercourse So the woman whose menstruation has ceased for a reason where its return is expected remains included in the generality of His saying: .