The Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  proclaimed, مَنْ شَھِدَ لَہُ خُزَیْمَۃُ اَوْ شَھِدَ عَلَیْہِ فَہُوَ حَسْبُہُ – “Whoever Khuzaymah testifies for or against, it is sufficient.”

This means that if Khuzaymah رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ   gives testimony in favour of someone or against someone, his testimony alone fulfils the required number of witnesses.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Prophetic authority in rulings of Ꜥidda

Suppose a woman’s husband passes away and she is not pregnant. In this case, Allah has prescribed the Ꜥidda (waiting period) to be four months and ten days for her.

This is mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah, verse 234:

وَ الَّذِیْنَ یُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَ یَذَرُوْنَ اَزْوَاجًا یَّتَرَبَّصْنَ بِاَنْفُسِهِنَّ اَرْبَعَةَ اَشْهُرٍ وَّ عَشْرًاۚ

Those, who die from among you leaving wives, then they (the widows) should confine themselves for a period of four months and ten days;^[2]

Sayyid Muhammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn Murādābādī        رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ explains this verse, saying:

The Ꜥidda for a pregnant woman ends upon childbirth (as mentioned in Surah al-Ṭalāq), whereas for a non-pregnant woman whose husband passes away, the period is four months and ten days. During this time, she should not remarry, leave her husband’s house, apply oil, use perfume, adorn herself, wear coloured or silk garments, apply henna, or openly discuss a new