/47. The Waiting Period Of A Pregnant Woman
Darussalam · Volume 3
13. THE BOOK OF DIVORCESunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2307 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 293
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2307. It was reported from ‘Abdullāh (Ibn Mas‘ūd), that he said: "Whoever wishes, I am willing to exchange mutual curses with him. Of a surety, the smaller chapter of women[1] was revealed after (the ruling) of four months and ten days." (Ḍā'if)
2307 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: حَدَّثَنَا، وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: «مَنْ شَاءَ لَاعَنْتُهُ لَأُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ الْقُصْرَى بَعْدَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأَشْهُرِ وَعَشْرًا»
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The law that a widow shall wait for a period of four months and ten days, and the law that a pregnant woman shall wait until she has delivered the child are not contradictory to each other. The former period (four months and ten days) is for women who are not pregnant. As for pregnant women, the Iddah period continues until the delivery of the child.