What is the period of iddat?

Question: What is the period of iddat?

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Besides a complete term of pregnancy and three haidh periods, the iddat is sometimes calculated according to months and sometimes according to days. the first day of iddat is not counted to ensure a complete iddat period. Otherwise, by including the first day in our calculations, the iddat will end one day prematurely. For example, if death occurred at ten in the morning, the first day of iddat ends at ten the following morning, the second day at 10 a.m. the following morning, and so forth. Day number one will actually be counted from the following morning. In this case, the iddat will also end at ten. In short, the iddat always ends at the same time of day that it began. It is, therefore, important to make a note of the exact time of death or divorce.

The duration of iddat in the case of a woman who is pregnant at the time of her husband's death the period of iddat is four lunar months and ten days or until delivery, whichever period is longer but if the woman is not pregnant, the period is four months and ten days.

In the case of divorce, if a woman is subject to menstruation, the period of iddat is three courses, but if the woman is pregnant at the time of divorce, the iddat lasts until delivery, whether it is less or more than three months and if the woman is not subject to menstruation, it is three lunar months. The husband is bound to maintain the wife during the period of iddat.

Where a husband had divorced his wife and has died before the completion of the iddat, the woman is required to undergo a fresh iddat for four months and ten days from the date of the husband's death. 

If the marriage is irregular and parties have separated before actual consummation, there is no Iddat. If the consummation has taken place, the wife is bound to observe iddat.

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