have any uncertainty about menstruation because she is not of menstruating age—the view Mālik held according to Ashhab’s report from him—then a woman whose menstruation ceases after she has menstruated, while she is still of menstruating age, is treated [like her if she goes seven months without menstruating, without pregnancy becoming apparent, and without an impediment to menstruation such as illness or breastfeeding], subject to the disagreement concerning illness explained above. This is because her case is equivalent to that of a woman who has despaired of menstruation, and because of the established precedent on this matter from ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him. Thus, a divorced woman who is not pregnant, if she is of menstruating age or has menstruated once or twice, becomes free to remarry only after three menstrual cycles or a full year without bleeding: nine months without bleeding to establish the absence of pregnancy, after which she is treated as a woman who has despaired of menstruation, followed by a waiting period of three months, as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has prescribed.
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If a woman’s menstruation ceases and she observes a year-long waiting period, then marries and is divorced by her husband, she observes a waiting period of three months, like a woman who has despaired of menstruation. This remains the rule for her so long as she has not observed a waiting period reckoned by menstrual cycles. If, however, she observes a waiting period reckoned by menstrual cycles, is divorced again, and then ceases to menstruate, she waits nine months to establish the absence of pregnancy, followed by a waiting period of three months.
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If she is a woman who menstruates only once a year or at even longer intervals, she must wait a year as her waiting period. If her expected time for menstruation falls within that year but she does not menstruate, she becomes free to remarry at its end. If her expected time for menstruation does not fall within that year, she waits until it arrives. If it arrives and she does not menstruate, she becomes free to remarry immediately. If she menstruates as usual, she waits another year. If her expected time for menstruation falls within that year but she does not menstruate, she becomes free to remarry at its end. If her expected time for menstruation does not fall within that year, she waits until it arrives. If it arrives and she does not menstruate, she becomes free to remarry [immediately. If