Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her َيْدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَ لَ٠ْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا قَالَ هِيَ بِ٠ُطَلَّقَةِ الَّتِي لَ٠ْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا إِنْ كَانَ سَ٠َهْراً فَلَهَا نِصْفُهُ وَ هِيَ تَرِثُهُ وَ إِنْ لَ٠َهْرَ لَهَا وَ هِيَ تَرِثُهُ قُلْتُ وَ الْعِدَّةُ قَالَ كُفَّ عَنْ هَذَا.

If mahr (dower) is set for her she deserves one-half of it, otherwise, she does not have the right to demand mahr (dower) but she has the right to inherit.’ I asked about waiting period. He (the Imam) said, ‘Do not ask about it.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/204))