Islam Question and Answer - Waiting Period of Widow or Divorcee

Tue 4/12/1429 - 2/12/2008

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Fiqh of the family

Waiting Period of Widow or Divorcee

1		Her parents refuse to let her go back to her husband who divorced her by khula’.	106437
2		Widow observing ‘iddah going out due to necessity.	101546
3		Divorce before consummation is final and irrevocable.	99597
4		It is not permissible to pray behind an imaam who is a charlatan and liar .	9346
5		Things which it is forbidden for a woman to do at the time of mourning .	13966
6		Woman in ‘iddah moving to another land because she fears for her life.	98193
7		He took his wife back during her ‘iddah on the basis of a fatwa but she obtained a different fatwa and married someone else.	95500
8		Woman going out of her house during ‘iddah following husband’s death.	95297
9		It is not permissible to offer an explicit proposal of marriage to a woman who is observing ‘iddah following the death of her husband or divorce.	89582
10		The reason why the ‘iddah of a woman whose husband dies is four months and ten days.	81139
11		Accepting what a woman says about the beginning and end of a period.	75306
12		Ruling on what comes before consummating the marriage with one’s wife; is it haraam to have intercourse after doing the marriage contract?.	75026
13		The wife’s consent is not a condition of taking her back after divorce.	75027
14		What should the woman who is revocably divorced avoid and what should she avoid if she is irrevocably divorced?.	73408
15		He was away from his wife for a year, then he divorced her. Does she have to observe the ‘iddah?.	72930

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