Iddah
ʿIddah
العدة
The waiting period a woman observes after divorce or her husband's death before she may remarry, to confirm absence of pregnancy and allow for reconciliation.
Referensi
- Al-Quran:
- 2:228, 2:234, 65:1, 65:4, 33:49
- Hadis:
- Bukhari 5334 / Muslim 1488 (the mourning of the widow during her iddah is four months and ten days); Bukhari 5336 / Muslim 1486 (a woman shall not mourn for more than three days except for a husband); Bukhari 5320 (Subay'ah al-Aslamiyyah giving birth shortly after her husband's death and being permitted to remarry — pregnancy iddah ends with delivery)