Irrevocable and Revocable Divorce
Issue No. 2156- Divorces are of two kinds: irrevocable divorce and revocable divorce.Irrevocable divorce means that after the divorce, the husband is not entitled to re-join his wife without a new marriage contract. This divorce is of five kinds:(i) The divorce of a woman who has not completed nine years of her age.(ii) The divorce of a woman who is in menopause, i.e., a woman who is over 50 years of age [1].(iii) The divorce of a woman whose husband has not had sexual intercourse with her after their marriage.(iv) The third divorce of a woman who is divorced three times.(v) The divorce called khul‘ and mubārāt which will be explained later.Divorces other than these are revocable in the sense that as long as the wife is observing ‘iddah her husband can re-join her.
