Dalīl al-Ṭālib - Marʿi al-Karmi - (282)

A woman who used to menstruate but whose menses cease before she reaches the age of menopause, without knowing the cause, must wait nine months and then observe the post-menopausal ʿidda.

If she knows the cause of the cessation—such as illness1, breastfeeding, or the like—she remains in waiting until the menses return and then bases her ʿidda on them, or until she becomes post-menopausal, in which case she observes the ʿidda of a post-menopausal woman.2

Section

If an unrelated man has intercourse with her during her ʿidda—whether under shubha (a mistaken assumption of permissibility), through a void marriage contract, or through outright fornication3—she must first complete the ʿidda for the original marriage and then observe a separate ʿidda for the second act.

If the husband who irrevocably divorced her has intercourse with her intentionally, he is treated like any outsider; if it occurs under shubha, she must recommence the ʿidda from the beginning.

The ʿidda is multiplied by the number of men who had intercourse with her under shubha, but not by the number involved in fornication.4 While she remains in her ʿidda, it is forbidden for her husband to have vaginal intercourse with her if she has been penetrated under shubha or through fornication.

(1) In manuscript A the phrase is preceded by the conjunction “and.” (2) Manuscript M reads: “so she observes the waiting period like a menopausal woman,” instead of “so she observes the waiting period of a menopausal woman.” (3) The pronoun is the object of the verb wata (to have intercourse), i.e., it designates a non-mahram who, under a doubtful circumstance, has intercourse with a woman still in her ‘idda (waiting period); see al-Labadi, marginalia, p. 251. (4) Contrary to al-Iqnaʿ—which holds that the waiting period is repeated for intercourse resulting from zina (fornication) as well—this is also the view chosen in al-Mubdiʿ and al-Tanqih and is implied by al-Muqniʿ. Al-Futuḥi reports that it is the position of al-Tanqih and considers it the stronger opinion; see al-Labadi, marginalia, p. 351. Manuscript N reads “bi-zina,” with the noun indefinite.

ومن كانت تحيض ثم ارتفع حيضها قبل أن تبلغ سن الإياس ولم تعلم ما رفعه فتتربص تسعة أشهر ثم تعتد عدة آيسة. وإن علمت ما رفعه من مرض أو١ رضاع أو نحوه فلا تزال متربصة حتى يعود الحيض فتعتد به أو تصير آيسة فتعتد عدة كآيسة٢. فصل وإن وطئ الأجنبي بشبهة أو نكاح فاسد أو زنا من٣ هي في عدتها: أتمت عدة الأول ثم تعتد للثاني. وإن وطئها عمدا من أبانها: فكالأجنبي وبشبهة: استأنفت العدة من أولها. وتتعدد العدة بتعدد الواطئ بالشبهة لا بالزنا٤ ويحرم على زوج الموطوءة بشبهة أو زنا أن يطأها في الفرج ما دامت في العدة.

١ في "أ" "بالواو. ٢ في "م" "فتعتد كآيسة" بدل: "فتعتد عدة آيسة". ٣ هي مفعول وطئ أي الأجنبي بشبة ونحوها من كانت معتدة. حاشية اللبدي "ص: ٢٥١". ٤ أي خلافا للإقناع فإنه قال: تتعدد الواطئ بالزنا أيضا وهو الذي قدمه في المبدع والتنقيح وهو مقتضى المقنع وما ذكره المصنف قال الفتوحي عنه: إنه التنقيح: وهو أظهر. حاشية اللبدي "٣٥١".وفي "ن" "بزنا" بالتنكير.