27/69. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3544 — One-Year Widow Term Replaced
Abrogation Of Maintenance And Residence For The Widow, Which Are Replaced By The Share Of Inheritanc
The Widow's Iddah Replaced the One-Year Term
Sunan an-Nasai : 3544
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3544
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ } قَالَ نَسَخَتْهَا { وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا } .
'Ikrimah Narrated from:
It was narrated from 'Ikrimah with regard to the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: "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," that he said: "This was abrogated by: 'And those of you who die and leave wives behind them, they (the wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage) for four months and ten days.'"
[2] Al-Baqarah 2:240.[3] Al-Baqarah 2:234.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3544In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 158English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3574
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3544
This Hadith records Ikrimah's explanation of two Quranic passages about widows. The first passage speaks of a bequest providing a year's maintenance and residence without turning the widow out. Ikrimah says that this was abrogated by the passage stating that wives whose husbands die must wait for four months and ten days. The core topic is the widow iddah period and the replacement of the earlier one-year term. The report is brief, so it is best not to add details that are not present. It directly links the earlier wording with the later fixed waiting period and presents the second verse as the ruling that replaced the first in relation to the appointed term.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report states that the earlier one-year provision was abrogated.
- The replacement waiting period is four months and ten days.
- The Hadith connects the ruling directly to the two quoted Quranic passages.
