Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the waiting period (‘iddah) of an umm walad slave-woman is one menstrual cycle.

Hazrat Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in the case of the death of the master of an Umm Walad slave woman, her waiting period (‘iddah) is one menstrual cycle.

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) says that in the case of the death of the master of an Umm Walad slave woman, the waiting period (‘iddah) of the slave woman (Umm Walad) is one menstrual cycle.

Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says that in the case of the death of the master of an Umm Walad slave woman, the waiting period (‘iddah) of the slave woman (Umm Walad) is one menstrual cycle.

Hazrat Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in the event of the death of the master of an Umm Walad slave woman, her waiting period (‘iddah) is one menstrual cycle.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in the case of the death of the master of an Umm Walad slave woman, her waiting period ('iddah) is one menstrual cycle. If you consider her waiting period to be three menstrual cycles, then why do you not make her an heir of the master?!

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) state that when an Umm Walad slave woman or a slave woman who had marital relations with her master passes away, her waiting period (‘iddah) is two months and five nights.

Hazrat Yahya bin Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) says that someone mentioned before Hazrat Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abdul Malik bin Marwan (may Allah have mercy on him) separated men from such wives who were umm walad (slave women who bore children to their masters) of their masters. But after one or two menstrual cycles, their marriages were conducted. Abdul Malik bin Marwan (may Allah have mercy on him) ordered that they should observe an 'iddah of four months and ten days. Upon hearing this, Hazrat Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "Subhan Allah! Allah Almighty says in the Holy Qur'an { وَالَّذِینَ یُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْکُمْ وَیَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا } so are these masters their husbands?"