وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، وَابْنَ شِهَابٍ، كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ : " عِدَّةُ الْمُخْتَلِعَةِ مِثْلُ عِدَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ قُرُوءٍ " .
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) was informed that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, Sulayman bin Yasar, and Ibn Shihab used to say: A woman who obtains khul' should observe 'iddah for three periods of purity, just as a divorced woman observes 'iddah.