Question 1656) - A man married a woman in a Fasid marriage* and had sex with her. The judge then separates them or the husband dies. What Iddah does she spend?

A: She will spend three menses if she is a woman who menstruates, otherwise three months. If she is pregnant then until she gives birth.

* There were no witnesses/ the woman is married and the second husband does not know. If he did know and had sex then there is no Iddah because it was adultery. Also if a man went to the wrong woman on their wedding night and thought that the woman he is having sex with is his wife, if he claims that he thought so.

~ al-Quduri ~