Sahih al-Bukhari 4531

Translation

(regarding the Verse):-- "Those of you who die and leave wives behind. They - (their wives) -- shall wait (as regards their marriage ) for four months and ten days)." (2.234) The widow, according to this Verse, was to spend this period of waiting with her husband's family, so Allah revealed: "Those of you who die and leave wives (i.e. widows) should bequeath for their wives, a year's maintenance and residences without turning them out, but if they leave (their residence), there is no blame on you for what they do with themselves provided it is honorable.' (i.e. lawful marriage) (2.240). So Allah entitled the widow to be bequeathed extra maintenance for seven months and twenty nights, and that is the completion of one year. If she wished she could stay (in her husband's home) according to the will, and she could leave it if she wished, as Allah says: "..without turning them out, but if they leave (the residence), there is no blame on you." So the 'Idda (i.e. four months and ten days as it) is obligatory for her. 'Ata said: Ibn ʿAbbas said, "This Verse, i.e. the Statement of Allah: "..without turning them out.." cancelled the obligation of staying for the waiting period in her dead husband's house, and she can complete this period wherever she likes." 'Ata's aid: If she wished, she could complete her 'Idda by staying in her dead husband's residence according to the will or leave it according to Allah's Statement:-- "There is no blame on you for what they do with themselves." ʿAta' added: Later the regulations of inheritance came and abrogated the order of the dwelling of the widow (in her dead husband's house), so she could complete the 'Idda wherever she likes. And it was no longer necessary to provide her with a residence. Ibn ʿAbbas said, "This Verse abrogated her (i.e. widow's) dwelling in her dead husband's house and she could complete the 'Idda (i.e. four months and ten days) wherever she liked, as Allah's Statement says:--"...without turning them out..."

Notes

• زَعَمَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ نَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ عِدَّتَهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ وَهْوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ} قَالَ عَطَاءٌ إِنْ شَاءَتِ اعْتَدَّتْ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ وَسَكَنَتْ فِي وَصِيَّتِهَا وَإِنْ شَاءَتْ خَرَجَتْ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ} قَالَ عَطَاءٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمِيرَاثُ فَنَسَخَ السُّكْنَى فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ وَلاَ سُكْنَى لَهَا وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ بِهَذَا وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ نَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ عِدَّتَهَا فِي أَهْلِهَا فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ {غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ} نَحْوَهُ

  machine translationHe claimed that on the authority of Mujāhid. And ʿAṭāʾ said: Ibn ʿAbbās said: This verse abrogated her waiting period (ʿiddah) with her husband's family, so she observes her waiting period wherever she wishes. And that is the saying of Allah, the Exalted: {غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ} (without expulsion). ʿAṭāʾ said: If she wishes she observes the waiting period with his family and stays in the dwelling in accordance with her bequest, and if she wishes she leaves, because of the saying of Allah, the Exalted: {فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ} (then there is no blame upon you for what they do). ʿAṭāʾ said: Then the inheritance came and abrogated the right of lodging, so she observes her waiting period wherever she wishes and has no right of lodging. And from Muḥammad b. Yūsuf: Warqāʾ narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid, with this. And from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: This verse abrogated her waiting period with her family, so she observes the waiting period wherever she wishes, because of the saying of Allah: {غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ} (without expulsion), similar to it. Report a problem

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Narrators

1. 1
   Mujāhid b. Jabr al-Makhzūmī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), an imam in Quranic exegesis and in knowledge.d. 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 102 AH, or 103 AH, or 104 AH, or 107 AH
   مُجَاهِد بْن جَبْر المَخْزُومِيّثقة ، إمام في التفسير وفي العلم
   عن
2. 2
   Ibn Abī Najīḥ

   Trustworthy (thiqah), accused of belief in qadar (free will), and sometimes committed tadlīs (obscuring the source of a report)d. 131 AH, or 132 AH
   ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍثقة رمي بالقدر وربما دلس
   عن
3. 3
   Shibl b. ʿAbbād

   trustworthy (thiqah), accused of Qadarism (qadar)d. 148 AH; also said: after that
   شِبْلٌثقة رمي بالقدر
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Rawḥ

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent, he authored worksd. 205 AH, also said: 207 AH
   رَوْحٌثقة فاضل ، له تصانيف
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Isḥāq b. Manṣūr

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt)d. 251 AH
   إِسْحَاقُثقة ، ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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