What is the ruling on an elderly woman going out daily during her 'iddah after her husband's death, and are her children sinful for not preventing her?
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Abandonment is a grave sin from which one must repent. The woman's age does not exempt her from the waiting period ('iddah). It is obligatory for the children to advise their mother and forbid her from her wrongdoing.
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