أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاکٍ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْکُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لِأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَی الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ قَالَ نَسَخَتْهَا وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْکُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3579
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.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020