Ibn `Abbas said:\n \n\n\n"Hint your intention of marrying' is made by \nsaying (to the widow) for example: "I want to marry, and I wish that Allah will make a righteous lady \navailable for me.' " Al-Qasim said: One may say to the widow: 'I hold all respect for you, and I am \ninterested in you; Allah will bring you much good, or something similar 'Ata said: One should hint his \nintention, and should not declare it openly. One may say: 'I have some need. Have good tidings. Praise \nbe to Allah; you are fit to remarry.' She (the widow) may say in reply: I am listening to what you say,' \nbut she should not make a promise. Her guardian should not make a promise (to somebody to get her \nmarried to him) without her knowledge. But if, while still in the Iddat period, she makes a promise to \nmarry somebody, and he ultimately marries her, they are not to be separated by divorce (i.e., the \nmarriage is valid).\n

Ibn `Abbas said:\n \n\n\n"Hint your intention of marrying' is made by \nsaying (to the widow) for example: "I want to marry, and I wish that Allah will make a righteous lady \navailable for me.' " Al-Qasim said: One may say to the widow: 'I hold all respect for you, and I am \ninterested in you; Allah will bring you much good, or something similar 'Ata said: One should hint his \nintention, and should not declare it openly. One may say: 'I have some need. Have good tidings. Praise \nbe to Allah; you are fit to remarry.' She (the widow) may say in reply: I am listening to what you say,' \nbut she should not make a promise. Her guardian should not make a promise (to somebody to get her \nmarried to him) without her knowledge. But if, while still in the Iddat period, she makes a promise to \nmarry somebody, and he ultimately marries her, they are not to be separated by divorce (i.e., the \nmarriage is valid).\n

\nوَقَالَ لِي طَلْقٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏{‏فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ‏}‏ يَقُولُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ التَّزْوِيجَ، وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّهُ تَيَسَّرَ لِي امْرَأَةٌ صَالِحَةٌ‏.‏ وَقَالَ الْقَاسِمُ يَقُولُ إِنَّكِ عَلَىَّ كَرِيمَةٌ، وَإِنِّي فِيكِ لَرَاغِبٌ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَسَائِقٌ إِلَيْكِ خَيْرًا‏.‏ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ يُعَرِّضُ وَلاَ يَبُوحُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً وَأَبْشِرِي، وَأَنْتِ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ نَافِقَةٌ‏.‏ وَتَقُولُ هِيَ قَدْ أَسْمَعُ مَا تَقُولُ‏.‏ وَلاَ تَعِدُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يُوَاعِدُ وَلِيُّهَا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمِهَا، وَإِنْ وَاعَدَتْ رَجُلاً فِي عِدَّتِهَا ثُمَّ نَكَحَهَا بَعْدُ لَمْ يُفَرَّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا‏.‏ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ‏{‏لاَ تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا‏}‏ الزِّنَا‏.‏ وَيُذْكَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏{‏الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ‏}‏ تَنْقَضِي الْعِدَّةُ‏.‏