The Case of a Man who Divorces his Wife and Dies before her Waiting period Ends

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about the case of a man who divorces his wife and dies before the end of her waiting period. He (the Imam) said, ‘She must count her waiting period according to the longer of the two periods of time.’”