Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Jamil ibn Darraj, from Zurara, who said:
I heard Abu Ja'far عليه السلام say: "The matter of 'iddah (waiting period) and menstruation is entrusted to women."
Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 422