A wife not observing `Iddah if she is informed of her husband's death after the passage of `Iddah

Q 1: Some of my friends were in Kuwait during the invasion (of the Iraqi forces) so they went to Saudi Arabia but their father refused to go with them. After five months a friend called them saying that their father was lost. We went to Kuwait after it had been liberated to look for the concerned man. We were told that he was in the hospital falling into a faint. We thus went to the hospital to discover that he had already died. We were told that he died four months and half ago. We received his corpse, offered Funeral Prayer on him, and buried him. The foregoing was the story of that man and following is our question.Does the widow of the deceased man in question have to observe Hidad (mourning prescribed period during which a widow does not adorn herself and keeps to her passed away husband's home) or not, bearing in mind that the period of Hidad is four months and ten days and the deceased man mentioned above died a long time ago. May Allah guide us to what He loves and is pleased with.

A: If the wife knows of the death of her husband only after the passage of `Iddah (woman's prescribed waiting period after divorce or widowhood) and Hidad, it will not be Wajib (obligatory) on her to observe any of the foregoing. She is not required to observe Hidad if her husband passed away (Part No. 20; Page No. 417) four months and ten days ago or more while she did not know about it. However, if such a widow is pregnant; her Hidad has to continue until she gives birth to her baby. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.