Bayhaqi 15410 — The waiting period of one whose menstrual periods

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) that there was a man from the Ansar called Habban bin Munqidh. He divorced his wife while he was in good health and she was nursing his daughter. She remained for seventeen months without menstruating; the nursing was preventing her from menstruating. Then Habban fell ill seven or eight months after divorcing her. It was said to him: Your wife wants to inherit from you. He said to his family: Take me to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). So they carried him to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He mentioned his wife's case to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and with him were Ali and Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with them both). Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the two of them: What is your view? They both said: "Our view is that she will inherit from him if he dies, and he will inherit from her if she dies, for she is not among those who have despaired of menstruation, nor is she among the virgins who have not reached menstruation; she then remains on the waiting period of her menstruation, whether it is short or long." Then Habban returned to his family and took his daughter (to wean her). When the nursing ended, she menstruated once, then she menstruated a second time, then Habban died before she menstruated the third time. So she observed the waiting period of a woman whose husband has died, and she inherited from him.