موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ عِدَّةِ الَّتِي تَفْقِدُ زَوْجَهَاChapter on Waiting Period for a Woman Whose Husband is Missing
Hadith 1190
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ : أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ فَقَدَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَمْ تَدْرِ أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْتَظِرُ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ، ثُمَّ تَعْتَدُّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَحِلُّ. ¤ قَالَ
It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: If a woman's husband goes missing and it is not known where he is, then from the day his news is cut off, the woman should wait for four years. After four years, she should observe the waiting period ('iddah) of four months and ten days, and if she wishes, she may marry another man.
