Do you hold that a wife whose husband died before consummating the marriage has a waiting period?

The questioner : Shaykh, do you hold that a wife whose husband died before consummating the marriage has a waiting period?

The Shaykh : Before consummation? There is no waiting period.

The questioner : She has no waiting period. And regarding the wife whose husband was injured in an accident that left him bedridden for four months, meaning he did not have intercourse with her at all, even though he was in one place and she in another, and he was unconscious.

The Shaykh : There must be a waiting period.

The questioner : There must be a waiting period.

The Shaykh: Yes.