Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Divorced Woman Whose Husband is Absent Commences Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the Day She is Divorced ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ الْ٠ُثَنَّى عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ ا٠ْرَأَتَهُ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْهَا ٠َتَى تَعْتَدُّ قَالَ إِذَا قَا٠َتْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ أَنَّهَا طُلِّقَتْ فِي يَوْ٠ٍ فَلْتَعْتَدَّ ٠َ طُلِّقَتْ وَ إِنْ لَ٠ْ تَحْفَظْ فِي أَيِّ يَوْ٠ٍ وَ أَيِّ شَهْرٍ فَلْتَعْتَدَّ ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn abu Nasr from al-Muthanna’ from Zurarah who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife when he is absent. When must she commence her ‘Iddah (waiting period)?

He (the Imam) said, ‘If testimony is established that he has divorced on a known day, of a known month, she must commence her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from that day; but if she cannot ascertain the date, then she must commence her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the day she is informed.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/189))