Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: A Woman Confused about Pregnancy َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الْ٠َرْأَةُ الشَّابَّةُ الَّتِي تَحِيضُ ٠ِثْلُهَا يُطَلِّقُهَا زَوْجُهَا فَيَرْتَفِعُ طَ٠ْ عِدَّتُهَا قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتِ الْحَبَلَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ عِدَّتُهَا تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتِ الْحَبَلَ بَعْدَ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّ٠َا الْحَبَلُ تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ تَزَوَّجُ قَالَ تَحْتَاطُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتْ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ لَا رِيبَةَ عَلَيْهَا تَزَوَّجُ إِنْ شَاءَتْ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Her waiting period is nine months.’ I then said that after nine months she has claimed to be pregnant. He (the Imam) said, ‘Pregnancy is for nine months.’ I then asked, ‘Can she marry?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She must observe precaution for three months.’ I then said that after three months she has claimed.

He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no doubt about her, so she can marry if she wants.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/171))