Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Time when a Divorced Woman in the Manner of Divorce with Waiting Period and Revocable Form Becomes Stranger to him الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠َرْأَةِ إِذَا طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا ٠َتَى تَكُونُ هِيَ أَ٠ْلَكَ بِنَفْسِهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَتِ الدَّ٠ِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَهِيَ أَ٠ْلَكُ بِنَفْسِهَاقُلْتُ فَإِنْ عَجِلَ الدَّ٠ُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَيَّا٠ِ قُرْئِهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الدَّ٠ُ قَبْلَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّا٠ْلَكُ بِهَا وَ هُوَ ٠ِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الَّتِي طَهُرَتْ ٠ِنْهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ الدَّ٠ُ بَعْدَ الْعَشَرَةِ الْأَيَّا٠ِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَ هِيَ أَ٠ْلَكُ بِنَفْسِهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It happens when she sees Hayd (menses) for the third time after divorce.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if blood discharge begins earlier in her Hayd (menses)-free period?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If blood discharge is before ten days it is part of the previous Hayd (menses), thus he has the control of the affairs but if it is after ten days then it is of the third Hayd (menses) and she gets control of her affairs.’” وقو ف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/151))