Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ‘Udhaynah from Zurarah Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Muslim and Burayd who has said the following: “About the case of a woman whose husband is absent when he dies, abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has said, ‘She must count her waiting period from the day the news reaches her because she commences mourning for him.’”