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A
woman sitting in Iddat should pray Magrib - Isha namaz in the
Ehdad clothes after the bath.
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She
should sit in Iddat after maghrib for 4 months and 10 days and
only after the completion of the 10th day after maghrib is she
supposed to finish her Iddat.
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Rasulullah
(s.a) says: - a woman in Iddat should not wear any neither
perfume nor Surma in her eyes, nor apply Mehndi, nor put Fragrance
in her hair, nor comb her hair without need, nor don herself with
any ornaments or beautify herself, nor wear colouring garments.
This sort of Ehdad (Restriction) is required only of the wife.
(There is no Ehdad for the woman who is performing the Iddat of
Talak – Divorce).
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A
custom has been bestowed upon us by the Hudad Kiram (a.s) that, a
woman in Iddat should wear white clothes. She should recite the
Quran e Majid, Adiyat Mubaraka, Qasaid Mubaraka – especially the
Marasiya of Ya Syyeda Shoha Dai. And also recite the Zikr of
Awliyah ullah.
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The
Iddat is broken if a man or child rather then her blood relation (Mahram)
see her or she sees him or them. She has to sit again for 4 months
and 10 days.
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If
a pregnant woman’s spouse expires, then she has to sit in the
Iddat for Abadul Ajalain – meaning that if before the end of 4
months and 10 days she delivers, she should complete the 4 months
and 10 days. And if at the end of the 4 months and 10 days she has
still not delivered, she should extend the Iddat till she
delivers.
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The
woman should sit in her Iddat in one place. If due to any illness
or other important reason she has to be moved to another place
then she will have to redo the whole Iddat again.
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A
man can visit his wife’s maternal mother (Mother-in-law) in her
Iddat, irrelevant of whether he has a child from that wife or not.
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A
man Cannot visit his wife’s mother (Mother-in-law) who is not
her maternal mother.
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A
man who has a relation (Mehram) by Rada at can visit that woman in
her Iddat just as those who are related to her by Blood.
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A
man can visit his Step-Mother in her Iddat.
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A
man can visit his Step-Mother in her Iddat.
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When
a woman finishes her Iddat she is to do the following: -
