‘Iddatu'ṭ-Ţalāq and ‘Iddat'ul-Wafāt. A Re-Interpretation of the Phrase "“hattā yaḍa‘na ḥamlahunna"

Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Islamic Studies, , language: English, abstract: The observance of ‘Iddah is a phenomenon which comes in Islam as an attendant result of divorce and death of one’s husband. As divorce and death occur from time to time, the observance of ‘Iddah also becomes a re-occurring issue for debates among scholars and Muslims across t...