How should necessary legal rights or penalties be enforced upon a secluded waiting woman?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Waiting Periods ('Iddah)

Book 44 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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If a legal right that requires her presence, such as an oath (*yamin*) or a corporal punishment (*hadd*), must be executed, the judge should send someone to her residence to enforce it if she is secluded (*dhat khidr*). If she is publicly accessible (*barzah*), it is permissible to summon her for the execution of the right. Upon completion, she must return to her residence.