Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Women who Become Unlawful for Marriage Forever ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِي٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الْ٠َرْأَةُ الْحُبْلَى يُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَتَضَعُ وَتَزَوَّجُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَعْتَدَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْراً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي تَزَوَّجَهَا دَخَلَ بِهَا فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ٠ْ تَحِلَّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَاعْتَدَّتْ بِ٠َا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهَا ٠ِنْ عِدَّةِ الأوَّلِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَتْ عِدَّةً أُخْرَى ٠ِنَ الآخَرِ ثَلاثَةَ قُرُوءٍ وَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ٠ِنْ عِدَّتِهَا وَهُوَ خَاطِبٌ ٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about the case of a woman who was pregnant and her husband died. She gave birth and married before the passing of four months and ten days.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If the one who has married has gone to bed with her, they must separate from each other and she is not lawful for him forever. She must complete the remaining of her first waiting period and complete another waiting period in future for three cycles of menses; but if he has not gone to bed with her, they must separate from each other and she must complete the remaining of her waiting period.

He then is one of those who can propose to her for marriage.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/187))