It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Sulayman bin Yasar that Talihah Asadiyyah was married to Rashid Thaqafi. He divorced her, so Talihah married another man during her 'iddah. Sayyiduna 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, flogged both of them and annulled the marriage. Then he said that if a woman marries another man during her 'iddah, and if consummation has not taken place, the marriage should be annulled and she should complete the remaining 'iddah of her first husband. After that, she may marry whomever she wishes, but she can never marry the second husband for the rest of her life. Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that the woman can take her dowry from the second husband.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a free woman’s husband dies and she completes her waiting period of four months and ten days, then if there is suspicion of pregnancy, she should not marry until that suspicion is removed or she gives birth.