The four Madhabs [232] According to the Maliki Madhab, if an absent husband acknowledges that he has divorced his wife without her knowing and before admitting it, the wife needs to resume her observing of the waiting period from the day she came to know of the divorce. agree that the onset of the waiting period of the wife whose husband is declared absent is the same as of the one whose husband is present, i.e., it starts from the time of his passing or the time of his passing. It is also the view of the majority of the righteous predecessors.