If a Man Divorces or Dies, From Which Day Does the Woman Begin Her Waiting Period?

Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him), Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him): From which day will a woman whose husband has passed away observe her waiting period (‘iddah)? They replied: From the day her husband passed away. I have heard Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah be pleased with him), Hazrat Nafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him), and Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that she will observe her waiting period from the day her husband passed away. Hazrat Talq bin Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) also says the same.

20007 - He said: And (I heard) (1) Ikrimah and (Nafi‘) (2) and Muhammad ibn Sirin saying: Her waiting period is the day he dies.

20008 - Talq ibn Habib said: From the day he dies.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that she will observe the waiting period from the day her husband passed away.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives the divorce.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the waiting period (‘iddah) will be counted from the day the man gives divorce or the day he passes away.

Hazrat Abu Qalabah (may Allah have mercy on him), Hazrat Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hazrat Abu Aliah (may Allah have mercy on him) state that the waiting period (iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or divorces. Whoever consumes anything from the inheritance, it will be counted from his share.

Hazrat Masrooq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives divorce.

Hazrat Mak'hool (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) state that the waiting period (iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives divorce.

Ibrahim says that the waiting period is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he pronounces divorce.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the 'iddah is counted from the day the husband passes away.

Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or the day he gives divorce.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives the divorce.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives the divorce.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Zaid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the waiting period (‘iddah) is counted from the day the husband passes away or from the day he gives the divorce.