Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20111 — A man who divorces his wife

Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Al-Zuhri wrote to me that a man divorced his wife while she was nursing a child of his. Then the woman remained for seven or eight months without menstruating. Someone said to the man: If you die, she will inherit from you. He said: Take me to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). So he was carried to Sayyiduna Uthman, and he sent for Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked them about it. Both of them said: Our view is that she will inherit. He said: What is the reason for that? They said: Because she is not among the women who have despaired of menstruation, nor among those who do not menstruate; what keeps her from menstruating is nursing the child. After this the man took his child away from her. When the child was taken from her, the woman had one menstrual period, then in the second month she had another period, and then the man died before the woman had her third period, so she inherited from him.