Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullah
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving
All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Scholars have differed over whether kul` is a kind of talaq (divorce) or a kind of faskh (revocation). Those who regard kul` as a kind of talaq maintain that the separating wife thus has to observe three menstrual periods (or three months if she sees no menstruation) as her `iddah.
On the other hand, those who regard khul` as a kind of faskh maintain that the separating wife has to observe only one menstrual period (or one month if she sees no menstruation) as her `iddah. This opinion is supported by an authentic narration on the authority of Ibn `Abbas that Thabit ibn Qays’s wife asked for khul` during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he commanded her to observe one menstrual period as her `iddah.
In another narration a woman known as al-Rubayyi` bint Mu`awwidh said that she asked for khul` during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he commanded her to observe one menstrual period as her `iddah.
Therefore, this second opinion sounds more preponderant.
Allah Almighty knows best.
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