19254 - When I arrived in Medina, I wrote to Abu Qilabah, and he wrote back to me that someone whose narration I trust told me that Zayd ibn Thabit and Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb said: If her husband is free and she is a slave woman, then his divorce is the divorce of a free man and her waiting period is the waiting period of a slave woman. And if her husband is a slave and she is free, then his divorce is the divorce of a slave, and her waiting period is the waiting period of a free woman who is observing her waiting period.

Hazrat Sulaiman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) says that divorce is related to men and 'iddah is related to women.

The same is also narrated from Hazrat Ikrimah, may Allah have mercy on him.

Many gentlemen say that divorce pertains to men and 'iddah pertains to women.

19258 - And (from) (1) al-Sha‘bi from Makḥūl.

19259 - And Sufyan from someone who heard Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi, they said: Divorce is by men, and the waiting period (__idda__) is by women.

Hazrat Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Nafi’ was a slave and he was married to a free woman. He gave his wife two divorces. Regarding this, he asked Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), so they said: "Your divorce is like that of a slave and her waiting period (‘iddah) is like that of free women."

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that if a free woman is married to a slave, she will become separated (bainah) with two divorces and will observe the waiting period ('iddah) of three menstrual cycles. And if a slave woman is married to a free man, she will become separated (bainah) with three divorces and will observe the waiting period of two menstrual cycles.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says that divorce pertains to men and 'iddah pertains to women.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that selling a slave woman is her divorce.