she is not among women who menstruate, her waiting period is three months. The point is that what is possible here cannot be fixed by any specific period; rather, one must consider the type of waiting period in order to determine what is possible and what is not.

The third condition is his statement, “and she has been absent.” If she has not been absent, then marriage would ordinarily become known—especially if they are in a town where marriages are publicly known—and so we do not accept her statement.