Returning a Woman's Husband who has Divorced Absentee
Issue No. 2107- If a woman who is sure that her husband died while on a journey, marries another man after completing the ‘iddah of death (waiting period that will be explained in the rules relating to divorce), and later her first husband returns from his journey, she should immediately separate from the second husband and she will be halal to her first husband. However, if the second husband has had sexual intercourse with her, she should observe ‘iddah and the obligatory precaution is that the second husband should give her the agreed mahr or the mahr equal to that of a woman in her status in case the agreed mahr is less than that.
