Is it permissible for a widow to complete her iddah in a country other than the one where her husband passed away, given that she had arrived to visit her son in this new country and is facing a problem with the visa’s specified duration?
Given the financial hardship and the extreme difficulty in obtaining a visa, coupled with the need to reunite the spouses and the mother, there is no harm in the wife traveling and moving to complete her waiting period (iddah) with her husband.
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