Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ الَّتِي يَ٠ُوتُ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ فَعِدَّتُهَا ٠ِ يَبْلُغُهَا إِنْ قَا٠َتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ لَ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl abu al-Sabbah al-Kinaniy who has said the following: “About the case of a woman whose husband dies and who is absent, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Her waiting period begins from the day she is informed, regardless, there is proving evidence or not.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/191))