Where she observes her waiting period: those who said in her house

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The woman will observe her waiting period in her husband's house, and she will not apply kohl for adornment.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have divorced my wife with three divorces, and she wants to leave the house. He said: Keep her in. The man said: She will not stay. He said: Then confine her. The man said: She has brothers who are very strong and powerful. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Turn to the governor.

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A divorced woman may visit her relatives, but she may not spend the night there.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman who has been given three divorces may not go out of her husband's house. She may apply perfume only at the time of purification, a small amount of the perfumes called qust and azfar.

Abd al-Rahman bin Nadlah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I divorced my cousin with three divorces, then I came to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) to ask him about it. He said: She will observe her waiting period in her husband's house, where she was divorced.

He said: I asked al-Qasim, Salim, Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman bin al-Harith, Kharijah bin Zayd and Sulayman bin Yasar about it, and all of them said the same as Sa'id bin al-Musayyib had said.

Al-Zuhri said: A woman who has been given three divorces, or whose husband has died, will observe her waiting period in her husband's house, and both will observe mourning (abstaining from adornment).

Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Yahya bin Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah have mercy on him) divorced his wife (the daughter of Abd al-Rahman bin al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him)). She went to her family. Thereupon Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a message to Marwan: Fear Allah and send the woman back to her husband's house. Marwan said: Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) has overpowered me.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A woman who has been irrevocably divorced, or whose husband has died, must spend the night only in her own (marital) house until her waiting period is complete.

Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman was divorced in Madinah, and the jurists of Madinah were asked about her. They said: She will stay in her husband's house. Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about it, and he said: She will stay in her husband's house.