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malik:29-103 – Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad

Malik said, "This is what is done among us." Malik added, "If she does not have a menstrual period, her idda is three months."  

مالك:٢٩-١٠٣ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِدَّةُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا سَيِّدُهَا حَيْضَةٌ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَهُوَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ تَحِيضُ فَعِدَّتُهَا ثَلاَثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ  

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[Machine] He used to say that when the mother of a child passes away, her master's obligation (to her) is the waiting period (Iddah). Malik said, may Allah have mercy on him, and that is the matter according to us.  

البيهقي:١٥٥٧٨ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ نا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ نا مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَائِهِمْ كُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِ أَوْلَادِ رِجَالٍ هَلَكُوا فَتَزَوَّجُوهُنَّ بَعْدَ حَيْضَةٍ وَحَيْضَتَيْنِ فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يَعْتَدِدْنَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ يَقُولُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ {وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا} [البقرة 234] مَا هُنَّ لَهُمْ بِأَزْوَاجٍ 15578 وَبِهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِدَّةُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا سَيِّدُهَا حَيْضَةٌ قَالَ مَالِكٌ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَذَلِكَ الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا