Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 19804 — A man who divorces his wife while she

Jabir bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) discussed the woman whose husband has gone missing. Both of them said that she will wait four years, then her husband's guardian will divorce her, then she will observe a waiting period of four months and ten days. Then the two of them discussed maintenance (nafaqah), and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The woman will receive maintenance from the man's wealth, because she has kept herself waiting on his account. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: It is not so; that would harm the heirs. Rather, she will take it against him from his wealth: if he comes back, that wealth will be hers, and if he does not come back, the woman will get nothing.