Is a non-Muslim woman whose husband has died required to observe the legal waiting period (iddat al-wafat) of four months and ten days if a Muslim man proposes to her two weeks after his death?

A Christian wife must observe the 'iddah (waiting period) just like a Muslim woman. It is not permissible to contract a marriage with her during the 'iddah period, according to the majority of scholars. A Christian wife observes the 'iddah for widowhood (four months and ten days) and the 'iddah for divorce, similar to a Muslim woman, and she avoids what a woman observing 'iddah avoids. The Shari'ah has made the 'iddah obligatory for a Christian woman whose husband has passed away, based on the evidence of the verse: "And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives], shall wait four months and ten [days]," and the Hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a dead person for more than three [days], except for her husband, [she mourns for] four months and ten [days]." Imam Al-Shafi'i holds that a Christian woman is like a Muslim woman in terms of 'iddah and every other matter, except that they do not inherit from each other. The Malikis have two narrations regarding a Christian woman: the first is that she is like a Muslim woman in 'iddah and is compelled to observe it, and the second is that she merely purifies her womb with three months.