and Zayd: "What do you two think?" They said: "We believe that if she dies, he inherits from her, and if he dies, she inherits from him, because she is not among the women of advanced age [who have despaired of menstruation, nor among the virgins who] have not yet reached the age of menstruation." So Habban returned to his family and took the daughter away from her. Her menstruation returned, and she menstruated twice, and Habban died before the third one had passed, so 'Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, made her an heir. Al-Athram narrated with his chain of transmission from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban that his grandfather had two wives: a Hashimite and an Ansari. He divorced the Ansari while she was nursing, and a year passed for her, then he died and she had not menstruated. The Ansari said: "I have not menstruated." They brought the dispute to 'Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, and he decreed inheritance for her. The Hashimite blamed 'Uthman, and he said: "This is the action of your cousin; he is the one who suggested this to us," meaning 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him.
1348 - Issue: He said: (And if she menstruates once or twice, then her menstruation ceases and she does not know what caused it to cease, her 'idda does not terminate except after a year [from the time] the menstruation ceased).
This is based on what was narrated from 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said, regarding a man who divorced his wife and she menstruated once or twice, then her menstruation ceased, and she did not know what caused it: "She waits for nine months, and if..."
(7) Omitted from the Original. Requires review. (8) Recorded by Imam Malik in: The Chapter on the Divorce of the Sick Person, from the Book of Divorce, Al-Muwatta 2/572. And Al-Bayhaqi in: The Chapter on the 'Idda of the woman whose menstruation is delayed, from the Book of 'Idda, Al-Sunan al-Kubra 7/419. And Imam Al-Shafi'i, see: The Fifth Chapter on 'Idda, from the Book of Divorce, from Tartib al-Musnad 2/58, 59. And 'Abd al-Razzaq in: The Chapter on the woman who observes 'idda by her cycles, from the Book of Divorce, Al-Musannaf 6/341, 342. And Sa'id ibn Mansur in: The Chapter on the woman divorced once or twice, from the Book of Divorce, Al-Sunan 1/308. And Ibn Abi Shaybah in: The Chapter on what they said about a man who divorces his wife and her menstruation ceases, from the Book of Divorce, Al-Musannaf 5/210, 211. (1) In the Original there is the addition: "min" (from). (2) In B and M: "ba'd" (after). (3) In the Original: "fa-in" (for if).
