In this tradition, Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) mentions that a slave man who is owned by a master can divorce his free wife or his slave wife twice only. His free wife should then observe a waiting period of three menstrual cycles. Likewise, a free man can divorce his slave wife twice only, who then should observe a waiting period of two menstrual cycles.

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2. Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles
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4. Divorce
5. Hadith

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2. Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles
3. Family Jurisprudence
4. Waiting Period
5. Hadith

• Stay in your house until the term (of ‘Iddah) lapses. She said: So I spent my ‘Iddah therein (in her husband's house) for four months and ten days
• When a woman’s husband died, she would go into a small hut, wear her worst clothes and would not touch any kind of perfume until a whole year would pass. Then an animal – a donkey, bird, or sheep – would be brought to her and she woul...
• The wife of Thābit ibn Qays was separated from her husband by a Khul‘ during the time of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). So the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to observe a wai...
• Hadīth of Subay‘ah al-Aslamiyyah regarding ‘Iddah