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Divorce and Waiting Period
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🏠Types of Iddat - 02🏡
We have been ordered through RasoolAllah to think about the woman’s Iddat before divorcing her. This means that divorce should be given when she is pure and sexual relations have not taken place with her so that her days of Iddat are not lengthened and she does not have to wait longer in order to get remarried. Allah Ta’ala has stated:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاء فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ لَا تَدْرِي لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمْراً
O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allah, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allah . And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [different] matter.
(Surah Talaaq Verse 1)
It is a great blessing of Islamic law that it aims to remove difficulties for women by ordering men to ensure that if they intend to divorce their wives, keep into account their Iddat and divorce them at a time when they will have the shortest time to wait to remarry. As has been mentioned earlier, this means divorce them in the days when they are pure (not menstruating) and you have not had sexual relations with them. If they are divorced during this time then they will only have to wait for three menstrual cycles. Due to the fact that Iddat is very important in Islamic law Allah Ta’ala specifically orders us to ‘keep count’ of the days of Iddat and not to make a mistake in calculating them. For those women who are past the age of menopause (do not have menstrual periods and is at approximately 55 years of age) or those younger women who for whatever reason do not have regular menstrual periods the length of Iddat and The Iddat for those who are pregnant, regardless of whether they have been divorced or widowed, is stated as follows:
وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ وَأُوْلَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْراً
And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated. And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.
(Surah Talaaq Verse 4)
The Iddat for those women who are widowed is mentioned in Surah Baqarah. Allah Ta’ala states:
وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجاً يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْراً فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ فِي أَنفُسِهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاللّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.
(Surah Baqarah Verse 234)
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