Hadiths on Waiting Period

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14 explained prophetic hadiths on "Waiting Period": Arabic text, translation, explanation and lessons, with authenticity grade and references.

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This category gathers 14 hadiths on the waiting period: 9 attached directly and 5 distributed in 4 sub-categories, the rulings of the waiting period (1 hadith), the waiting period of the divorced woman (2), that of the wife of the lost husband (1) and ascertaining non-pregnancy (1). The duration of the widow's mourning is fixed there: "except her husband, for whom she should mourn four months and ten days". The cases of the divorced woman, the wife of the lost husband and the freed slave woman are also dealt with.

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

The list of hadiths on Waiting Period

Authentic hadith The wife of Thābit ibn Qays was separated from her husband by a Khul‘ during the time of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). So Authentic hadith Barīrah was instructed to observe an ‘Iddah of three menstrual cycles Authentic hadith No, go and collect the harvest from your trees, for perhaps you will give (some of it in) charity or do a good deed with it Authentic hadith Stay in your house until the term (of ‘Iddah) lapses. She said: So I spent my ‘Iddah therein (in her husband's house) for four months and ten days Authentic hadith O Messenger of Allah, my husband has divorced me three times and I am afraid that my house will be broken into Authentic hadith Do not confuse the Sunnah of our Prophet. The ‘Iddah of a mother-slave girl whose master dies is four months and ten (days) Authentic hadith ‘Urwah ibn Az-Zubayr reported from ‘Ā’ishah that she took Hafsah bint ‘Abdur-Rahmān ibn Abu Bakr As-Siddīq into her house when she was in her third pe Authentic hadith A slave has two counts of divorce to discharge toward his free wife, who shall observe a waiting period of three menstrual cycles. A free man has two No judgment by Shaykh Al-Albaani is available A woman whose husband is missing and whose whereabouts is unknown to her must wait for four years and then observe the ‘Iddah (of a widow) for four mo Authentic hadith There should be no sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman until she gives birth, nor with a non-pregnant woman until she has one menstrual cycle Authentic hadith When a woman’s husband died, she would go into a small hut, wear her worst clothes and would not touch any kind of perfume until a whole year would pa Authentic hadith Hadīth of Subay‘ah al-Aslamiyyah regarding ‘Iddah Authentic A woman should not mourn for any dead person more than three days except her husband, for whom she should mourn four months and ten days Authentic hadith It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a deceased more than three [days], but for her husband, four months a

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God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.

Al-Ahzab 33:56

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