Is the *Iddah* obligatory and is the *Mahr* completed if the man secludes with a woman who is too young for intercourse or if the man is blind and unaware of her?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Waiting Periods ('Iddah)

Book 44 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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If a man secludes with a woman who is too young to be physically approached, or if the man is blind and unaware of her presence, the *Iddah* is not obligatory upon her, and her *Mahr* is not completed. This is because the presumption of intercourse (*madhannah*) is not realized when the impossibility of physical contact is evident.