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    Question ID: 38713Country: Canada

    Title: Is there any different iddah for a widow who is 60 years old?

    Question: Is there any different iddah for a widow who is 60 years old?

    Answer ID: 38713

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 923/757/B=1433) When a woman turns menopausal due to old age i.e. the blood of haiz stops then her talaq iddah is 3 months, while the iddah of death is 4 months and 10 days.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India