Fatwa ID: 08013

Answered by Alimah Aisha Qureshi

Question:

I have a question regarding the iddah period. If a woman has a medical condition and takes pills that stop her menstrual cycle due to her condition affecting her, what is the iddah period? How do we count it? Would she have to stop her medication until she has cycles? 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

The iddah (waiting period after divorce) of a woman who does not menstruate for reasons such as young age, menopause, or sickness is 3 lunar months.

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Alimah Aisha Qureshi

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

References:

واللاي يئسن من \ المحض من نساءكم ان ارتبتم فعدتهن ثلاثة أشهر واللاي لم يحضن.

Badai al Sanai fi tarteeb al shraii  vol 4 pg 422 Dar Al Kotob Al – Ilmiyah Lebanon

(Surah Talaq verse 4)

الشهر اعتبرت الشهور بالاهلة

Radd Al Muhtar vol 5 pg 187 Dar Al Kotob Ilmiya Beirut.

وان كانت لا تحيضَ من صغر او كبر: فعدتها ثلاث أشهر

Mukhtasar Qudoori Bushra print)