If a woman says, ‘My ʿiddah has come to an end’, her word is to be accepted unless she is suspected to be someone whose word in this case cannot be accepted. If that is so, then based on obligatory precaution, her word is not to be accepted. For example, if she claims that she experienced bleeding three times in one month, her claim is not to be accepted unless her female relatives substantiate that her menstrual habit was like that.
[1] As mentioned in Ruling 6, the term ‘problematic’ (maḥall al‑ishkāl) amounts to saying the ruling is based on obligatory precaution. IRREVOCABLE (BĀʾIN) AND REVOCABLE (RIJʿĪ) DIVORCE THE PRESCRIBED WAITING PERIOD (ʿIDDAH) OF A DIVORCE العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français