Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hazrat Urwah Barqi brought a message to me from Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stating that if a person gives his wife three divorces during his terminal illness, then the woman will inherit from him, while he will not inherit from the woman. And the woman will have to observe the waiting period (‘iddah) of a woman whose husband has passed away.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a woman must observe the waiting period (‘iddah) prescribed for a woman whose husband has passed away.

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a man passes away during a woman's waiting period ('iddah), she will observe a waiting period of four months and ten days.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this is a very lengthy chapter of divorce; when she becomes an heir, she will also observe the waiting period ('iddah).

Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if only one day of the waiting period (iddah) remains and the husband dies, then the woman will become an heir and she will observe a new waiting period (iddah) from the beginning, whose husband has passed away.

Hazrat Aamir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that she will observe the waiting period (iddah) anew.