3. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar and al-Razzaz from Ayyub ibn Nuh and Humayd ibn Ziyad from ibn Sama‘ah all from Safwan from Muhammad ibn Hakim from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far , has said, ‘A woman the like of whom cannot become pregnant does not need to count a waiting period.’”