The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 2148- If a pregnant woman is divorced, her ‘iddah will last until the birth or miscarriage of the child. Hence, if for example, she gives birth to a child one hour after being divorced, her ‘iddah ends.

Issue No. 2149- The ‘iddah of a woman who contracts temporary marriage and sees ḥayḍ is two complete menstrual periods after the expiry of the period of the marriage, and if a woman does not see ḥayḍ, she must observe forty-five complete days as her ‘iddah period.

Issue No. 2150- The time of the ‘iddah of divorce commences when the formula of divorce is pronounced, irrespective of whether the wife knows about it or not. Even if after the period of ‘iddah is over, she comes to know that she had been divorced, it will not be necessary for her to observe ‘iddah again.

Issue No. 2151- A woman whose husband has died, should observe Iddah for 4 months and 10 days, irrespective of whether the marriage is permanent or temporary, or her husband has had sexual intercourse with her or not. In case, however, a woman is pregnant she should observe the waiting period till the birth of the child. But if the child is born before the expiry of four months and ten days from the death of her husband she should wait till the expiry of that period.

Issue No. 2152- A woman who is observing ‘iddah of death should refrain from wearing ornamental clothing or using kohl (eyeliner) and doing any act which is considered to be an adornment.

Issue No. 2153- If a woman becomes certain that her husband has died, and marries another man after completion of ‘iddah of death, and later on learns that her husband had died later, she should be divorced by her second husband. And the obligatory precaution is that if she is pregnant, she should observe ‘iddah of divorce as explained earlier for the second husband, and thereafter she should observe ‘iddah of death for four months and ten days for the first husband. In case she is not pregnant, she should observe ‘iddah of death for the first husband and then observe ‘iddah of divorce for the second husband.

Issue No. 2154- If the husband of a woman has disappeared and then she comes to know that he has died [she is not sure of the exact time of death], the ‘iddah of death commences from the time the woman is informed about his death.

Issue No. 2155- If a woman says that her ‘iddah is over, her word can be accepted, if she is not liable to lying rather indeed the obligatory precaution is that she should be reliable.

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.

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Issue No. 2157- If a man has given revocable divorce to his wife, he cannot expel her out of the house in which she was residing at the time of divorce, except in certain cases, details of which have been explained in detailed books of jurisprudence). It is also haram for the wife to go out of that house for an unnecessary matter without the man’s consent.

Issue No. 2159- It is not necessary for 'return' to take place for the man to call any person to witness or inform his wife. If he says, “I have re-joined my wife”, the 'return' is in order, even if no one comes to know about it.