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.

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

Hadiths on Waiting Period: topics

Rulings of the Waiting Period 1 hadiths The Divorced Woman's Waiting Period 2 hadiths Waiting Period of the Lost Husband's Wife 1 hadiths Ascertaining Non-Pregnancy 1 hadiths

The list of hadiths on Waiting Period

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 pass. Then an animal - a donkey, bird, or sheep - would be brought to her and she would rub her skin with it 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 and ten days 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 the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to observe a waiting period of one menstrual cycle Authentic hadith Barīrah was instructed to observe an ‘Iddah of three menstrual cycles 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 ‘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 period 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 counts of divorce to discharge toward his slave wife, who shall observe a waiting period of two menstrual cycles

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