iddah the waiting period, step by step

Handout: for a sister whose marriage has ended

One page, letter size, nothing personal on it. Print a few to keep at the masjid, or hand one over after a janāzah or a talāq.

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iddah.org

For a sister whose marriage has ended

This is a hard time, and you don’t have to work it all out today. This sheet points to a free guide for your waiting period (iddah), with what each of the four schools says and every source.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

“For indeed, with hardship will be ease. Indeed, with hardship will be ease.”

Qurʾān, al-Sharḥ 94:5–6 (Saheeh International)

This week

  1. If you are not safe
  2. Where you live now
  3. Money and housing
  4. The date it started
  5. Civil paperwork and the children

Scan to open the guide on your phone: what this week asks, each question with the four schools, and the sources.

iddah.org/divorce/

Not safe at home? Call 911 in danger, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.

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