وَالَّذِینَ یُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنکُمْ وَیَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجاً یَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُر وَعَشْراً فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَیْکُمْ فِیَما فَعَلْنَ فِی أَنفُسِهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاللهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِیرٌ(( 234 ))

234- AND AS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIE AND LEAVE WIVES BEHIND - THEY SHALL WAIT BY THEMSELVES FOR FOUR MONTHS AND TEN DAYS. WHEN THEY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR WAITING PERIODS, THERE IS NO FAULT IN YOU, IN WHAT THEY DO WITH THEMSELVES, IN A LAWFUL MANNER. AND ALLAH IS AWARE OF WHATEVER YOU DO.

وَلاَّ جُنَاحَ عَلَیْکُمْ فِیَما عَرَّضْتُم بِهِ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ الِنّسَآءِ أَوْ أَکْنَنتُمْ فِی أَنفُسِکُمْ عَلِمَ اللهُ أَنَّکُمْ سَتَذْکُرُونَهُنَّ وَلَـکِن لاَّ تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرّاً إِلاَّ أَن تَقُولُواْ قَوْلاً مَّعْرُوفاً وَلاَ تَعْزِمُواْ عُقْدَةَ النِّکَاحِ حَتَّى یَبْلُغَ الْکِتَـابُ أَجَلَهُ وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللهَ یَعْلَمُ مَا فِی أَنفُسِکُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُ وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِیمٌ(( 235 ))

235- THERE IS NO GUILT ON YOU, IF YOU (INDIRECTLY) PROPOSE MARRIAGE TO SUCH WOMEN (WHOSE HUSBAND ARE DEAD) OR CHERISH THEM IN YOUR HEARTS. ALLAH KNOWS THAT YOU WILL SOON BE MINDFUL OF THEM. BUT DO NOT MAKE A SECRET CONTRACT (OF MARRIAGE) WITH THEM, EXCEPT IN HONOURABLE TERMS. AND DO NOT RESOLVE ON THE KNOT OF MARRIAGE, UNTIL THE BOOK HAS REACHED ITS TERM. (i.e. THEY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE WAITING PERIODS) AND KNOW THAT ALLAH KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR HEARTS. THEN BEWARE OF HIM, AND KNOW THAT ALLAH IS FORGIVING, FORBEARING.