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Hadith 181
Bulugh al-Maram
Book 8: Marriage
Hadith 181
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ - رضى الله عنه - - { فِي اِمْرَأَةِ اَلْمَفْقُودِ- تَرَبَّصُ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ, ثُمَّ تَعْتَدُّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا } . أَخْرَجَهُ مَالِكٌ, وَالشَّافِعِيُّ 1 .
English
'Umar (RA) regarding a wife of a lost husband:
She should wait for four years and then observe the 'Iddah for four months and ten days (before she may remarry). [Malik and ash-Shafi'i reported it].