“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘I have heard that Rabi‘ah al-Ra’iy says, “When a divorced woman experiences Hayd (menses) for the third time after divorce she becomes stranger to him and that the Hayd (menses)-free period is between the two Hayd (menses)” and he thinks that it is his own opinion.’ Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), said, ‘What he has said, by my life is not true because he has taken it from Ali (a.s.).’ I then asked, ‘What Ali (a.s.), has said about it?’ He (the Imam) said that he (Imam Ali) would say, ‘When she sees blood of the third Hayd (menses) (after divorce) her waiting period expires and he has no way to her and that Hayd (menses)-free period is between two Hayd (menses). She cannot marry before taking Ghusl (bath) for the third Hayd (menses) (after divorce).’ “Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah has said that Ja‘far ibn Sama‘ah would say, ‘A divorced woman becomes stranger to him with the first drop of blood of Hayd (menses) for the third time after divorce. It is not lawful for her to marry until she takes Ghusl (bath) because of Hayd (menses) for the third time after divorce.’ Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah has said that she becomes stranger with the first drop of blood because of Hayd (menses) for the third time after divorce and thereafter if she wants to marry she can do so or not to do so. Ali ibn Ibrahim has said that she can marry if so she wants or not to do so but if she marries he must not go to bed with her before Ghusl (bath).”’