About this guide
Iddah (also spelled iddat or idda) is the waiting period a woman keeps after her husband’s death or a divorce. This free guide walks her through it, a step at a time, and shows where every answer comes from.
How we work
- We report what the sources say. We never rule. Where the four schools agree, we say so; where they differ, all four are shown, one under another, in the order Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī, and none is put first as the answer.
- Each point carries a number that leads to its source: the book, the page, a link, the day it was checked, and the passage itself.
- A page is shown only when every source on it has been opened and read. Until then it says it is being written.
- Every difference ends with: ask your imam, and a way to reach a qualified scholar if you can’t ask him.
Review
- Every point on a ruling page comes from a source we opened ourselves: the book, volume and page, with the date it was checked. Anything we could not open is left out or marked unverified.
- Where the four schools differ, all four are shown, with no school first and no winner.
- Pages are published marked "pending scholarly review" until a reviewer signs them. The review line on each page comes from our records, not typed by hand, and any later edit sets it back to pending.
- The scholar reviewer is Hamza Abdul-Tawwaab, a Ḥāfiẓ of the Qurʾān who leads Tarāwīḥ each Ramadan and teaches.
- A woman reviewer, for the questions that need one, is still to be named. Until then, those pages say so.
- US practical facts (work, benefits, insurance, legal aid) and every help line come from official pages, each with the date it was checked; help lines are re-checked before publishing and every quarter.
- Not a fatwā. For your own situation, ask a qualified scholar.
- Not legal, medical or financial advice. For a civil divorce, custody, immigration or benefits, talk to a licensed attorney in your state.
- Published by Inheriting Islam LLC. Built by Hamza Abdul-Tawwaab.
- Free. No ads. No sign-up.
Who makes it
Published by Inheriting Islam LLC. Built by Hamza Abdul-Tawwaab.
Not a fatwā. Not legal, medical or financial advice.
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