\nNarrated Mujahid:\n \n\n(regarding the Verse): 'If any of you dies and leaves wives behind,' That was the period of the 'Iddah \nwhich the widow was obliged to spend in the house of the late husband. Then Allah revealed: And \nthose of you who die and leave wives should bequeath for their wives a year's maintenance and \nresidence without turning them out, but if they leave, there is no blame on you for what they do of \nthemselves, provided it is honorable (i.e. lawful marriage) (2.240) Mujahid said: Allah has ordered \nthat a widow has the right to stay for seven months and twenty days with her husband's relatives \nthrough her husband's will and testament so that she will complete the period of one year (of 'Iddah). \nBut the widow has the right to stay that extra period or go out of her husband's house as is indicated \nby the statement of Allah: 'But if they leave there is no blame on you,... ' (2.240) Ibn `Abbas said: The \nabove Verse has cancelled the order of spending the period of the 'Iddah at her late husband's house, \nand so she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she likes. And Allah says: 'Without turning \nthem out.' 'Ata said: If she would, she could spend her period of the 'Iddah at her husband's house, and \nlive there according to her (husband's) will and testament, and if she would, she could go out (of her \nhusband's house) as Allah says: 'There is no blame on you for what they do of themselves.' (2.240) \n'Ata added: Then the Verses of inheritance were revealed and the order of residence (for the widow) \nwas cancelled, and she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she would like, and she was no \nlonger entitled to be accommodated by her husband's family.\n

\nNarrated Mujahid:\n \n\n(regarding the Verse): 'If any of you dies and leaves wives behind,' That was the period of the 'Iddah \nwhich the widow was obliged to spend in the house of the late husband. Then Allah revealed: And \nthose of you who die and leave wives should bequeath for their wives a year's maintenance and \nresidence without turning them out, but if they leave, there is no blame on you for what they do of \nthemselves, provided it is honorable (i.e. lawful marriage) (2.240) Mujahid said: Allah has ordered \nthat a widow has the right to stay for seven months and twenty days with her husband's relatives \nthrough her husband's will and testament so that she will complete the period of one year (of 'Iddah). \nBut the widow has the right to stay that extra period or go out of her husband's house as is indicated \nby the statement of Allah: 'But if they leave there is no blame on you,... ' (2.240) Ibn `Abbas said: The \nabove Verse has cancelled the order of spending the period of the 'Iddah at her late husband's house, \nand so she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she likes. And Allah says: 'Without turning \nthem out.' 'Ata said: If she would, she could spend her period of the 'Iddah at her husband's house, and \nlive there according to her (husband's) will and testament, and if she would, she could go out (of her \nhusband's house) as Allah says: 'There is no blame on you for what they do of themselves.' (2.240) \n'Ata added: Then the Verses of inheritance were revealed and the order of residence (for the widow) \nwas cancelled, and she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she would like, and she was no \nlonger entitled to be accommodated by her husband's family.\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شِبْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، ‏{‏وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا‏}‏ قَالَ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْعِدَّةُ تَعْتَدُّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ زَوْجِهَا وَاجِبًا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏{‏وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِنَّ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ‏}‏ قَالَ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهَا تَمَامَ السَّنَةِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَصِيَّةً إِنْ شَاءَتْ سَكَنَتْ فِي وَصِيَّتِهَا، وَإِنْ شَاءَتْ خَرَجَتْ، وَهْوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ‏{‏غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ‏}‏ فَالْعِدَّةُ كَمَا هِيَ، وَاجِبٌ عَلَيْهَا، زَعَمَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ نَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ عِدَّتَهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا، فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ، وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ‏{‏غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ‏}‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ إِنْ شَاءَتِ اعْتَدَّتْ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا، وَسَكَنَتْ فِي وَصِيَّتِهَا، وَإِنْ شَاءَتْ خَرَجَتْ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ ‏{‏فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ‏}‏‏.‏ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمِيرَاثُ فَنَسَخَ السُّكْنَى، فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ، وَلاَ سُكْنَى لَهَا‏.‏