Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: Waiting Period of a Pregnant Widow and Her Expenses عَنْهُ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠َرْأَةُ الْحُبْلَى الْ٠ُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا تَضَعُ وَ تَزَوَّجُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْلُوَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشَرٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ زَوْجُهَا الَّذِي تَزَوَّجَهَا دَخَلَ بِهَا فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ٠َا وَ اعْتَدَّتْ ٠ِنْ عِدَّتِهَا الْأُولَى وَ عِدَّةً أُخْرَى ٠ِنَ الْأَخِيرِ وَ إِنْ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ٠َا وَ اعْتَدَّتْ ٠ِنْ عِدَّتِهَا وَ هُوَ خَاطِبٌ ٠ِنَ الْخُطَّابِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If the new husband has gone to bed with her he must stay away from her and she must complete the remaining time of the first waiting period and another waiting period for the later (separation).

If he has not gone to bed with her they must separate from each other and she must complete the remaining of the first waiting period and he is then one of those who may propose for marriage.’ ” It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Ja’far ibn Sama’ah and Ali ibn Khalid al-‘Aquliy from Karram from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu Ja‘far (a.s.), a similar Hadith. وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/196))