Answer
Iddah of Mut'ah
✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ : عِدَّةُ الْمُتْعَةِ خَمْسَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْماً وَ الِاحْتِيَاطُ خَمْسٌ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً.
📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 458
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'The iddah of mut'ah is 45 days, and it is better to be 45 nights!'
2 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عَبْداللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثٍ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ: فَكَمْ عِدَّتُهَا فَقَالَ خَمْسَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْماً أَوْ حَيْضَةٌ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ.
📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 7, p. 265
In the hadith of mut'ah, Abdullah ibn Amr said: 'I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'How long is its iddah?' He said: '45 days or one direct menstruation!'
3 عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّه عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا الرَّجُلُ مُتْعَةً ثُمَّ يُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا هَلْ عَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَقَالَ تَعْتَدُّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْراً وَ إِذَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُهَا وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ فَحَيْضَةٌ وَ نِصْفٌ مِثْلُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْأَمَةِ
📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 3, p. 464
Abd al-Rahman said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a man who marries a woman in a temporary marriage and then dies, does that woman have an iddah?' He said: 'She observes an iddah of four months and ten days, and if the woman's period is over and the man is still alive, her iddah is one and a half menstruations, like what is on a slave girl!'
4 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً بِشَيْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى وَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَ بَقِيَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا وَقْتٌ فَجَعَلَهَا فِي حِلٍّ مِمَّا بَقِيَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا وَ قَدْ كَانَتْ طَمِثَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا فِي حِلٍّ مِنْ أَيَّامِهَا بِثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ (آخَرُ بِشَيْ ءٍ) مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى وَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ عِنْدَ طُهْرِهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْحَيْضَةِ أَوْ يَسْتَقْبِلُ بِهَا حَيْضَةً أُخْرَى فَأَجَابَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ بِهَا حَيْضَةً غَيْرَ تِلْكَ الْحَيْضَةِ لِأَنَّ أَقَلَّ الْعِدَّةِ حَيْضَةٌ وَ طُهْرَةٌ تَامَّةٌ.
📚Al-Ihtijaj, p. 488
Himyari wrote to the Master of the Age (peace be upon him): 'A man marries a woman for a known dowry and a known period, and her period is still remaining. So he absolves her and forgives her the rest of the period, and the woman had menstruated three days before he absolved her. Is it permissible for another man to marry her for a known dowry and a known period after she becomes clean from this menstruation, or must she have another menstruation?'
The Imam answered: 'She must have another menstruation because the shortest iddah is one complete menstruation and purity!'
5 عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ: الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا الْحَامِلُ أَجَلُهَا آخِرُ الْأَجَلَيْنِ إِنْ كَانَتْ حُبْلَى فَتَمَّتْ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْرٌ وَ لَمْ تَضَعْ فَإِنَّ عِدَّتَهَا إِلَى أَنْ تَضَعَ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ تَضَعُ حَمْلَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتِمَّ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْرٌ تَعْتَدُّ بَعْدَ مَا تَضَعُ تَمَامَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْرٍ وَ ذَلِكَ أَبْعَدُ الْأَجَلَيْنِ.
📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 113
Sama'ah said: '(Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him) said: 'A pregnant woman whose husband dies, the end of her iddah is the end of both periods. If she is pregnant and four months and ten days pass for her and she has not yet given birth, then her iddah is until she gives birth, and if she gives birth before her four months and ten days are over, she observes iddah until the completion of the four months and ten days, which is the longer of the two periods!'
6 عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: فِي الْحَامِلِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا تَنْقَضِي عِدَّتُهَا آخِرَ الْأَجَلَيْنِ.
📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 114
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said about a pregnant woman whose husband dies: 'Her iddah ends at the end of both periods (i.e., both four months and ten days have passed and she has given birth).'
7 إسماعيل بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْداللَّه عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ... الی ان قال وَ عِدَّتُهَا حَيْضَتَانِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تَحِيضُ فَخَمْسَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْماً...
📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 451
Ismail said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about mut'ah.' He said: 'And its iddah is two menstruations, and if she does not menstruate, it is one and a half months!'
8 عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ قَالَ.... وَ لَا تَحِلُّ لِغَيْرِكَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا وَ عِدَّتُهَا حَيْضَتَانِ.
📚Tafsir al-Ayyashi, Vol. 1, p. 233
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said in a hadith about mut'ah: 'This woman is not lawful for anyone other than you until her iddah ends, and her iddah is two menstruations!'
9 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ (عِدَّةُ الْمُتْعَةِ) إِنْ كَانَتْ تَحِيضُ فَحَيْضَةٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تَحِيضُ فَشَهْرٌ وَ نِصْفٌ
📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 8, p. 165
📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 458
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'The iddah of mut'ah, if the woman menstruates, is one menstruation, and if she does not menstruate, it is one and a half months (i.e., 45 days or 45 nights)!'
10 عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عِدَّةُ الْمُتْعَةِ حَيْضَةٌ وَ قَالَ خَمْسَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْماً لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ.
📚Qurb al-Isnad, p. 159
Ahmad said: 'I heard Imam Ridha (peace be upon him) say: 'Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'The iddah of mut'ah is one menstruation,' and he said to one of his companions, '45 days!'
✅Based on the above narrations and others, six states can be imagined for the iddah of a temporary marriage:
1️⃣ If the man dies during the temporary marriage contract, the woman must observe an iddah of four months and ten days, which begins on the day of her husband's death.
2️⃣ If a woman becomes pregnant in a temporary marriage and her mut'ah period ends, and her husband is alive, her iddah is until she gives birth, whether it is one day left until she gives birth or several months!
3️⃣ If a woman becomes pregnant in a temporary marriage and her husband dies during the temporary marriage contract, the end of her iddah is when both four months and ten days have passed since the death of her husband and she has given birth. If one of these two comes earlier, she must wait until the other also ends, and then her iddah is over.
4️⃣ If a woman enters into a temporary marriage and does not become pregnant, and her husband does not die during her period, and she is of menstruating age (i.e., not menopausal or a minor) but does not menstruate, her iddah is 45 days or 45 nights, which begins from the end of the temporary marriage period.
5️⃣ If a woman enters into a temporary marriage and does not become pregnant, and her husband does not die during her period, and her menstruation is regular, for her iddah, one menstruation and two menstruations have been narrated in the narrations:
✅According to the narrations of one menstruation, the iddah of mut'ah is for one complete period of menstruation and becoming clean from it. That is, after the end of the mut'ah period, she must pass one complete menstruation, the days of which vary depending on when the mut'ah ends.
Based on this, if a woman's temporary marriage period ends during her menstruation, this menstruation is incomplete and is not counted, and she must wait until she becomes clean and passes the period of purity, and she must also pass the menstruation after this purity completely, and when she becomes clean from this menstruation, her iddah is over.
And if, for example, on the second day of her purity, her period ends, she must wait until she menstruates after this period of purity and passes the days of menstruation completely, and when she becomes clean from this menstruation, her iddah is over.
✅However, according to some narrations in which the iddah of mut'ah is set at two menstruations, for its fulfillment, the woman must pass two complete menstruations after the end of the temporary marriage period for her iddah to be over, and depending on when the period ends, the days of this iddah also vary.
✅Although one direct menstruation, which consists of one complete menstruation, has been mentioned in various narrations for the iddah of mut'ah, and according to the narration in 📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 451 and others, great scholars like Zurarah and Sheikh Kulayni and others held this view, some act according to the narrations of two menstruations for caution.
6️⃣ Women who are menopausal or have not reached the age of menstruation or have not had intercourse do not need to observe an iddah, and the narrations for this have been mentioned in the following link:
✅Some of the mentioned narrations are in the following link:
✅Please also refer to the following link:
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ