It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that a slave may marry two wives and may give two divorces, and a slave woman observes a waiting period of two menstrual periods; if she does not menstruate, then she observes a waiting period of two months or a month and a half. Sufyan said: He is thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15451
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the waiting period of a slave woman, when she does not menstruate, is two months, and if she menstruates, her waiting period is two menstrual cycles. And it has been narrated to us through the chain of al-Hasan from Ali that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The waiting period of a slave woman is two menstrual cycles, and if she does not menstruate, then her waiting period is a month and a half."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15452
It is narrated from a man of Banu Thaqif that he heard Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: If only I were able to make the waiting period of a slave woman one and a half menstrual cycles! That man said: Then make her waiting period a month and a half. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) remained silent.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15453
It is narrated from Amr bin Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) that Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If only I were able to make the waiting period of a slave woman one and a half menstrual cycles, I would have done so. A man said: O Commander of the Believers, make it a month and a half. Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) remained silent.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15454
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the waiting period of a free woman is three menstrual cycles, and the waiting period of a slave woman is two menstrual cycles.
Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Someone other than him narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet), and that is not correct.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15455
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A slave woman is to be divorced with two divorces, and she is to observe a waiting period of two menstrual cycles."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15456
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates a similar hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
This hadith was narrated by Muzahir bin Aslam alone, and he is an unknown (majhul) man, known only through this hadith. What is authentic from al-Qasim bin Muhammad is that he was asked about the waiting period of a slave woman and said: People say two menstrual cycles.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15457
It is narrated from Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) that it reached him that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on them both) used to say: The waiting period of a slave woman, when her husband dies, is two months and five nights.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15458
Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us something similar from Ibn Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him), and it has also been narrated to us through another chain from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, al-Hasan and al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on them), and Allah knows best.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب العدد / 15459