she need not restart her waiting period. Nor is it permissible for her to leave her home until the ʿidda has run its course, unless she fears that the privacy of the house is exposed, or something similar makes it impossible for her to remain. In that case she may move, and once she has relocated she must stay in the new place until her ʿidda is complete.

If the dwelling belonged to her husband, his heirs may not expel her from it until the waiting period ends. The same applies if the house is rented and her husband had already paid the rent: in that situation she has a stronger claim to reside there than any of the heirs.

Should the house be neither his property nor its rent paid, the owners have the right to remove her—though it is recommended that they refrain. If they do evict her, she may live elsewhere until the end of her ʿidda, and the heirs are under no obligation to rent another residence for her, whether or not the deceased left an estate. She must therefore secure accommodation at her own expense.

If her husband was a Bedouin who died while she was living in their desert encampment, she is not to leave that site. If her own family then moves, she may accompany them, but she may not move with her husband’s family. This ruling concerns a death that occurs in the desert; if he dies in a settled town, she has no right to relocate, whether her own relatives move or her husband’s relatives move.