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Zaynab bint Ka’b narrated that Al-Furay’ah bint Malik ibn Sinan, the sister of Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri, informed her that she came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asking permission to return to her family in Banu Khudrah, as her husband went in pursuit of runaway slaves and was killed. She said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to return to my family, as my husband left me in a house he did not own and no maintenance. She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Yes. I left, and when I was in the chamber or the mosque, he called me and said: Stay in your house until the prescribed term is fulfilled. She said: I observed my waiting period there for four months and ten days.
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 2300 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 1204 (unverified) 97% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 2031 (unverified) 92% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: Stay in your house—This hadith is used as evidence that a woman whose husband has died observes her waiting period in the house where she received news of her husband’s death and does not leave it for another. This is the view of a group of companions, successors, and those after them, including Malik, Abu Hanifah, Shafi’i, their followers, Al-Awza’i, Ishaq, and Abu Ubaid. Ibn Abd Al-Barr said: A group of jurists from the Hijaz, Sham, Iraq, and Egypt upheld the hadith of Al-Furay’ah, and none of them criticized it. It is narrated that leaving is permissible for a valid reason from a group, including Umar, Zayd ibn Thabit, Ibn Umar, Ibn Mas’ud, and others. If you say: This hadith explicitly indicates that she is not permitted to leave even with an excuse, as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not consider her excuse and did not permit her to leave despite it, I say: There is a difference between relocating and leaving. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not permit her to relocate from the place where she received news of her husband’s death. As for leaving during the day and spending the night there, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not prohibit it, and permission for it is narrated from the companions. Thus, it is permissible for her to leave during the day and spend the night in her house. This is from Bazl Al-Majhud.
Note 1
ف:۔ واضح ہو کہ اس حدیث سے ثابت ہوتا ہے کہ جس عورت کا شوہر انتقال کر جائے وہ عدت شوہر کے گھر ہی میں گزارے کسی اور گھر میں منتقل نہ ہو البتہ شدید ضرورت واقع ہو تو وہ دن میں باہر نکل سکتی ہے لیکن رات تو وہ اپنے شوہر کے گھر ہی میں گزارے البتہ مطلقہ عورت عدت کے اندر نہ دن میں گھر سے باہر نکلے اور نہ رات میں۔ (بذل المجہود)۔