The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 351 (#Ḥadīth #5)

بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي قَدْ يَئِسَتْ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ قَالَ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَ لَا عِدَّةَ عَلَيْهَا .وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَيْضاً أَنَّ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْعِدَّةَ إِذَا دُخِلَ بِهِنَّ .

5. Certain persons of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Safwan from Muhammad ibn Hakim from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once heard abu Ja‘far , saying, ‘A woman after menopause if divorced becomes stranger to him and she does not need to count a waiting period.’” It is also narrated that if sexual intercourse has taken place with them there is a waiting period for them.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).