The waiting period of a nonpregnant woman whose husband has died is as follows: 1. Before intercourse or after, it is (4) four months and (10) ten days in the lunar months. 2. If a woman is in the waiting period from a revocable divorce, the waiting period shifts to the waiting period for death, and what has passed is not counted. 3. If a woman is in the waiting period from khula’, revocation or irrevocable divorce, she shall complete her waiting period and is not subject to waiting period for death, unless the divorce occurred during a dying sickness and without her request, in which her waiting period shall be the longer of the two Periods. 4. The waiting period of a woman who has been consummated with, by virtue of a void contract or by suspicion, if the man dies, shall be the waiting period for divorce. 5. In all cases, if one of the spouses dies during the hearing of the appeal or challenge before the higher courts, the waiting period is calculated from the date of issuance of the appealed judgment.
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