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Khula ke baad Iddat
This article explains the rules regarding the waiting period [iddat] after a wife-initiated divorce [khula], remarriage with the same husband, and marriage to someone else.
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What is the waiting period [iddat] after khula (wife-initiated divorce), and can one remarry the same husband? These are the most frequently asked questions.
۱۔ عدت کی مدت
The waiting period [iddat] is generally three menstrual cycles, or three months if menstruation does not occur. If there is a pregnancy, it lasts until the birth of the child.
Three menstrual cycles — or three months if menstruation does not occur. In case of pregnancy, until the birth of the child.
۲۔ عدت کے دوران
Marriage to another person cannot take place before the waiting period [iddat] is complete.
Marriage to another person cannot take place before the waiting period [iddat] is complete.
۳۔ اسی شوہر سے دوبارہ نکاح
After khula (wife-initiated divorce), remarriage with the same husband is possible, provided that two divorces [talaq] have not already occurred. However, this will be a new marriage [nikah] — with a new marriage contract [nikah nama], and a new dower [haq mahr].
After khula (wife-initiated divorce), remarriage with the same husband is possible — provided that two divorces [talaq] have not already occurred. New marriage [nikah], new dower [haq mahr].
۴۔ عدت کے بعد
And after the completion of the waiting period [iddat], there is no legal obstacle to marrying someone else.
In the light of the Quran and Sunnah
The basic rule of iddat is Al-Baqarah 2:228 (three menstrual cycles). For khula the jurists differ: the majority hold three cycles, some one cycle (the narration of Ibn Abbas, Sunan Abi Dawud).
Once the iddat is complete a new nikah, with the same husband or another, is permitted, and relatives may not prevent it (Al-Baqarah 2:232). The Union Council's 90-day period is set, as a precaution, to match three cycles.
Schools of fiqh differ on details; consult a qualified scholar and a lawyer before acting.
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