How long should a woman observe the 'iddah if her husband died in a car accident while she was in the 'iddah period of an irrevocable divorce (he divorced her three times, and he died in an accident during that 'iddah)?
The 'iddah (waiting period) for divorce is completed, and there is no 'iddah for death upon her, because the marital relationship was severed by the irrevocable divorce.
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