﴿ وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔى يَئِسْنَ مِنَ ٱلْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَٰثَةُ أَشْهُرٍۢ وَٱلَّٰٓـِٔى لَمْ يَحِضْنَ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰتُ ٱلْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ يُسْرًۭا ﴾

“Now as for such of your women as are beyond, the age of monthly courses, as well as for such as do not have any courses, their waiting-period - if you have any doubt [about it] - shall be three [calendar] months; and as for those who are with child, the end of their waiting-term shall come when they deliver their burden. And for everyone who is conscious of God, He makes it easy to obey His commandment:”

(And for such of your women as despair of menstruation�) [65:4]. Said Muqatil: �When the verse (Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart�), Kallad ibn al-Nu�man ibn Qays al-Ansari said: �O Messenger of Allah, what is the waiting period of the woman who does not menstruate and the woman who has not menstruated yet? And what is the waiting period of the pregnant woman?� And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�. Abu Ishaq al-Muqri� informed us> Muhammad ibn �Abd Allah ibn Hamdun> Makki ibn �Abdan> Abu�l-Azhar> Asbat ibn Muhammad> Mutarrif> Abu �Uthman �Amr ibn Salim who said: �When the waiting period for divorced and widowed women was mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah, Ubayy ibn Ka�b said: �O Messenger of Allah, some women of Medina are saying: there are other women who have not been mentioned!� He asked him: �And who are they?� He said: �Those who are too young [such that they have not started menstruating yet], those who are too old [whose menstruation has stopped] and those who are pregnant�. And so this verse (And for such of your women as despair of menstruation�) was revealed�.