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The waiting period (Iddah) of a widow is four months and ten days; During this period, the woman is not to marry another man; During this period, a person may declare his intentions of marrying the widow — in a socially acceptable manner — or he may keep such intentions to himself, yet he should not make a secret commitment of marriage with ...
The waiting period is intended to give the couple an opportunity for reconciliation, and also a means to ensure that the wife is not pregnant. Resumption of sexual relations automatically retracts the repudiation. The wife retains all her rights during the waiting period. The divorce becomes final when the waiting period expires.
Abdullah ibn Masud reportedly described it as the shorter version of the surah An-Nisa. [3] The surah also defines the time period of mourning ( iddah ) to be three menstruation periods. For pre-menarche girls and for post-menopause women - three months.
Divorced women are entitled to maintenance from their former husband not only for the iddat period but also to reasonable and fair provisions for future maintenance. S.3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act has to be given under the liberal interpretation to help divorced women. K. Zunaideen v. Ameena Begum (1998) 1 ctc 566 ...
As stated in the Qur'an, widows are to observe a longer mourning period of four lunar months and ten days. [7] Islamic scholars consider this directive a balance between the mourning of a husband's death and the protection of a widow from cultural or societal censure if she became interested in remarrying after her husband's death, often an ...
Nikah mut'ah [1] [2] Arabic: نكاح المتعة, romanized: nikāḥ al-mutʿah, "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage [3]: 1045 or Sigheh [4] (Persian: صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam [5] in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed upon in advance.
A divorcée in between menarche and menopause has iddah for three menstrual cycles, no matter how long it takes. A divorcée as well as a widow after menopause has the iddah of 3 months and 10 days. A pregnant divorcée as well as widow has iddah till the end of her pregnancy, whether the pregnancy ends in any way: by delivery, abortion or ...
According to the majority opinion, which includes the reliable position in the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools, the waiting period for khul' is the same as the waiting period for talaq, and a minority opinion limits it to a single period. [13] If a woman has already gone through menopause, she must wait three calendar months.