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2031. It was narrated from Zainab bint Ka'b bin 'Ujrah, who was married to Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri, that his sister Furai'ah bint Mâlik said: "My husband went out to pursue some slaves of his. He caught up with them at the edge of Qadum[1] and they killed him. News of his death reached me when I was in one of the houses of the Ansâr, far away from the house of my family and my brothers. I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, there has come to me news of my husband's death and I am in a house far away from the house of my people and the house of my brothers. He did not leave any money that could be spent on me, or any inheritance, or any house I may take possession of. If you think that you could give me permission to join my family and my brothers, then that is what I prefer and is better for me in
some ways.' He said: 'Do that if you wish.' Then I went out, feeling happy with the ruling of Allāh given upon the lips of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, until, when I was in the mosque, or, in one of the apartments, he called me and said: 'What did you say?' I told him the story, and he said: 'Stay in the house in which the news of your husband's death came to you, until your waiting period is over.'" She said: "So I observed the waiting period there for four months and ten (days)." (Sahih)
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[1] A location outside of Al-Madinah.
Commentary
A widow should spend her waiting period at the same place where she lived with her husband.
The waiting period for a widow who is not pregnant is four months and ten days.
