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===This verse is only talking about adult women who don't know if they are pregnant=== | ===This verse is only talking about adult women who don't know if they are pregnant=== | ||
The very reason 65:4 was revealed in the first place, was as a clarification to an existing | The very reason 65:4 was revealed in the first place, was as a clarification to an existing Quranic verse according to the orthodox chronology. In this orthodox view, Allah had already revealed that women must wait 3 menstrual periods before they can end the 'iddah and be free to marry again. This is in Qur'an 2:228: | ||
{{quote|{{Quran|2|228}}|'''And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they should conceal what Allah has created in their wombs''', if they believe in Allah and the last day; and their husbands have a better right to take them back in the meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation; and they have rights similar to those against them in a just manner, and the men are a degree above them, and Allah is Mighty, Wise. }} | {{quote|{{Quran|2|228}}|'''And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they should conceal what Allah has created in their wombs''', if they believe in Allah and the last day; and their husbands have a better right to take them back in the meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation; and they have rights similar to those against them in a just manner, and the men are a degree above them, and Allah is Mighty, Wise. }} | ||
However, after this, Muslim men went to Muhammad to ask about those who did not presently have their menses - how do they measure the ' | However, after this, Muslim men went to Muhammad to ask about those who did not presently have their menses - how do they measure the 'iddah in those cases? It is in this circumstance that Allah sent down the clarification (65:4) for the three groups of women that did not have menstruation, therefore they could not wait the '3 menstrual cycles' as mandated by Qur'an 2:228. | ||
Those Muslims who make this claim are ignoring what all of their own scholars have said about 65:4; that it is referring to the peri-menopausal and post menopausal women, the pre-pubescent girls and the pregnant women. The women who are currently menstruating are told in Qur'an 2:228 that they must wait 3 menstrual cycles, therefore this apologetic is also debunked. | Those Muslims who make this claim are ignoring what all of their own scholars have said about 65:4; that it is referring to the peri-menopausal and post menopausal women, the pre-pubescent girls and the pregnant women. The women who are currently menstruating are told in Qur'an 2:228 that they must wait 3 menstrual cycles, therefore this apologetic is also debunked. | ||
That this verse was specifically intended to explain the three classes of women who had not menstruated yet is illustrated by this anecdote told by Maududi in his tafsir on this verse: | |||
===This verse is applied to unconsummated widows=== | ===This verse is applied to unconsummated widows=== | ||