Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed both the one who performs Halalah and the one for whom it is performed.

Hazrat Amr bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: If a man divorces his wife, then a man from the village comes who knows neither the man nor the woman, and he takes out some of his wealth and marries the woman on the basis that he will make her lawful for the first man, then how is this act? He replied: This is not permissible. The same question was asked to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he said: This is not permissible. He should not marry her except out of desire for her own self, he should not marry her except out of desire for her own self. If he does so, then the woman is not lawful for the first husband until the (second) man tastes her honey.

Hazrat Abad bin Mansoor (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man came to Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and said: "A man from my tribe has given his wife three divorces, then he and his wife regretted it. I wish to marry this woman, give her dowry, then have lawful relations with her, and then divorce her so that she becomes lawful for her first husband. What is the ruling on doing this?" Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said to him: "O young man! Fear Allah and do not transgress the limits set by Allah Almighty."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who performs Halalah and the one for whom it is performed.

Hazrat Abu Sanabil (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sabi’ah bint Harith gave birth to a child twenty days and some after her husband’s death. When she became pure from postnatal bleeding, she adorned herself. She was reproached for this. When this matter reached the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said that if she does so, it is permissible, because her waiting period has ended.

Hazrat Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I, Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them both) were in a gathering. A discussion took place among us regarding the ruling on the waiting period (‘iddah) if a woman's husband passes away and she gives birth to a child shortly after her husband's death. I said that her ‘iddah will be completed. Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that her ‘iddah will be whichever is longer between childbirth and four months and ten days. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I am with my brother Abu Salamah on this matter. Then he sent Hazrat Ibn Abbas’s (may Allah be pleased with them both) servant Kuraib to Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her). Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) decided on this issue, saying that Sabi’ah Aslamiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to a child forty days after her husband’s death. After the birth of the child, a man from Banu Abd al-Dar, whose kunyah was Abu Sanabil, sent a marriage proposal to Sabi’ah Aslamiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and told her that her ‘iddah had been completed. When Sabi’ah intended to marry someone else, Abu Sanabil said that your ‘iddah has not been completed. Sabi’ah mentioned this to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and he permitted her to marry.

Hazrat Miswar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sabi’ah gave birth to a child one month after her husband’s death, so the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم gave her permission to marry.

An Ansari narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I heard your father saying: If a pregnant woman's husband is on the funeral bier after his death and the woman gives birth to the child, then the waiting period ('iddah) of that woman is completed.

Hazrat Umar and Hazrat Usman (may Allah be pleased with them) say that when the husband, shrouded in the burial cloth, is lying in the house and his wife gives birth to a child, then her waiting period is complete.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) consulted Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding this matter. Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) said that as soon as a woman gives birth to a child, her waiting period (iddah) is completed. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that her waiting period is four months and ten days. Hazrat Zaid said that if a woman has reached such an age in which pregnancy and childbirth are not conceivable, then what will be her waiting period? Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the longer of the two periods will be the waiting period. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if the body of the pregnant woman's husband has not yet been lowered into the grave and she gives birth to the child, then her waiting period is completed.