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Sunan an-Nasai 3543 — Widow Iddah and Inheritance Abrogation
Abrogation Of Maintenance And Residence For The Widow, Which Are Replaced By The Share Of Inheritanc
Widow Iddah Abrogation and Inheritance Shares
Sunan an-Nasai : 3543
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3543
أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السِّجْزِيُّ، خَيَّاطُ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ { وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ } نُسِخَ ذَلِكَ بِآيَةِ الْمِيرَاثِ مِمَّا فُرِضَ لَهَا مِنَ الرُّبُعِ وَالثُّمُنِ وَنَسَخَ أَجَلَ الْحَوْلِ أَنْ جُعِلَ أَجَلُهَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas, with regard to Allah's saying: "And those of you who die and leave behind wives should bequeath for their wives a year's maintenance and residence without turning them out." This was abrogated by the Verse on inheritance, which allocated to her one-quarter or one-eighth. And the appointed time ('Iddah) of one year was abrogated and replaced with the ('Iddah) term of four months and ten days.
[1] Al-Baqarah 2:240.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3543In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 157English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3573
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3543
This report from Ibn Abbas explains two changes connected to widows. First, the verse about a year's maintenance and residence without being turned out was abrogated by the verse of inheritance. The widow was then assigned her stated inheritance share: one-quarter or one-eighth. Second, the former one-year appointed term was replaced by a widow iddah of four months and ten days. The Hadith is mainly about abrogation in the Quran and how a later ruling replaced an earlier one. It should be read exactly as reported: it names the earlier provision, the inheritance shares that replaced it, and the shorter waiting period. The text does not add further conditions, so the explanation should stay with those stated changes.
What we learn from this hadith
- The one-year term mentioned in the earlier verse was replaced by four months and ten days.
- The earlier bequest was replaced by the widow's inheritance share of one-quarter or one-eighth.
- The report presents these changes as examples of abrogation.
