Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Iddah (waiting period) > The final rules of idda
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This final part of the chapter on the 'iddah (the waiting period) deals with the remaining questions: the status of the waiting period when the husband divorces while healthy, or while ill with the sickness that leads to his death; the end of the waiting period by the mere lapse of time when the woman is unaware of the divorce or the death; the place of the waiting period for the widow and for the divorced woman; the housing and maintenance of the woman given three divorces; and finally the exit of the observing woman from her home for her needs. Each question is presented with the positions of the schools of law and their proofs.