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When does the iddah (waiting period) for a wife whose husband passed away on the 26th of Muharram, 1434 AH, end?

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The ' (waiting period) for a pregnant woman whose husband has died ends when she gives birth. For a non-pregnant woman, her 'iddah is four months and ten days, starting from the time of death. The 'iddah is calculated according to lunar months, and the month in which the death occurred is completed to thirty days if the death happened during it. So, if the husband died on the 26th of Muharram, and Muharram has 30 days, the 'iddah would end on the 5th of Jumada al-Thani. If Muharram has 29 days, it would end on the 6th of Jumada al-Thani. The 'iddah begins from the moment of death according to the majority of scholars. The Malikis, however, do not count the day of death if it occurred after Fajr (dawn).

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