ABOUT IDDAT (WIFE'S CONFINEMENT ON HUSBAND'S DEATH OF DIVORCE)

1 : If a woman's husband divorcees her or the marriage is revoked by 'Khula' (divorce obtained on wife's initiative) or 'Eila' (to take oath not to go to wife) etc., or the husband dies, then in all such cases, the woman has to remain confined in a house for a specified period and before the end of this period she is not permitted to go outside nor can she marry any other man. She is at liberty to do anything only after this specified period is passed. This specified period is called 'Iddat'

2 : if the husband divorces his wife, she should stay in the husband's house, where she has been divorced; for a period of three monthly courses. She must not go out of this house either in the day or night, nor marry any other person during this period. If, in such a state, three monthly courses are period, then Iddat is complete. Now she can go anywhere at her will. The rule for one 'Talaq' by the husband or two or three Talaqs or Talaq-e-Bayyin or Talaq-e-Rajaie is the same.

3 : the period of Iddat for divorce for a minor girl who has never seen menses or for so aged a woman who has now ceased to menstruate, is the same, and that is period of three months. So, for a period of three months she must remain confined in the huse, and after expiry of this period she can do anything at her will.

4 : If a girl has been divorced and she started her Iddat according to her monthly course, but during the very period of Iddat she has her menses, then she should have to remain confirmed for a period of three monthly course. The period of Iddat will not come to end without the period of three monthly courses being over.

5 : A pregnant woman, if divorced, has to wait for the birth of the child and that is her Iddat. This period of Iddat is over with the birth of the child. If the child is born just after being divorced, then also her Iddat is over.