The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “... And those who have passed the age of menstruation among your women, if you are in doubt, then their waiting period is three months, and those who have not yet menstruated, and those who are pregnant...”
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The Shaykh :[At-Talaq 65:4] This woman who does not menstruate, is her waiting period three lunar months, or does she complete the waiting period as thirty days? I mean, does she complete three months, each being thirty days, totaling ninety days, or is it lunar months, even if it is less than ninety days?
The student: Lunar months.
The Shaykh : Lunar months, because that is what is considered valid in the Shari'ah. Now,[At-Talaq 65:4] [At-Talaq 65:4] the common people hold that a divorced woman waits three months, even if she menstruates. This is an error. For this reason, if we were asked which waiting period is longer, that of the woman who has passed the age of menstruation or that of the woman who menstruates? If you said the one who has passed the age, you would be wrong, and if you said the one who menstruates, you would be wrong? Sometimes a woman does not menstruate in two months except once; what is her waiting period? Six months. Sometimes she menstruates twice in a month; what is her waiting period? One and a half months. And so it varies. But if she is among those who have passed the age of menstruation, her waiting period is three months. And by what does she pass the age of menstruation? She passes the age of menstruation in several ways:
First: that she reaches an age at which menstruation usually stops, such as fifty or sixty years old, depending on the condition of women.
Second: that she undergoes an operation to remove the uterus, because sometimes there is a disease in the uterus that spreads to the body, such as cancer, and the doctors decide to remove it. When she is cut, she has passed the age of menstruation, and it is not possible for menstruation to return to her. What is her waiting period? Her waiting period is three months.
Third: that she suffers from dryness, and it is known that her menstruation will not return to her either. Her waiting period is three months. So whoever has passed the age of menstruation for any reason, her waiting period is three months. And from where does it begin? From her knowledge of it, or from her divorce? From her divorce. For this reason, if she did not know about the divorce...
And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months
واللائي يئسن من المحيض من نسائكم إن ارتبتم فعدتهن ثلاثة أشهرThe student: Lunar months.
The Shaykh : Lunar months, because that is what is considered valid in the Shari'ah. Now,
And those who no longer expect menstruation
واللائي يئسن من المحيضthen their period is three months
فعدتهن ثلاثة أشهرFirst: that she reaches an age at which menstruation usually stops, such as fifty or sixty years old, depending on the condition of women.
Second: that she undergoes an operation to remove the uterus, because sometimes there is a disease in the uterus that spreads to the body, such as cancer, and the doctors decide to remove it. When she is cut, she has passed the age of menstruation, and it is not possible for menstruation to return to her. What is her waiting period? Her waiting period is three months.
Third: that she suffers from dryness, and it is known that her menstruation will not return to her either. Her waiting period is three months. So whoever has passed the age of menstruation for any reason, her waiting period is three months. And from where does it begin? From her knowledge of it, or from her divorce? From her divorce. For this reason, if she did not know about the divorce...