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My husband has divorced me for the 3rd time. Can he take me back?

· 26 Rabiʻ II 1433 AH1 min readFatwa 19881English

Question

My husband divorced me for the 3rd time but I’m pregnant and I really wish that I could fix things with him. I was told by someone who had a PHD in Islam that he can take me back during iddah. I want to know if it is true?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

If your husband has divorced you three times already, then he cannot take you back regardless whether you are pregnant or in your iddat until you marry another man after the completion of your iddat and you consummate your marriage. Only then you may seek divorce from your second husband and remarry your first husband after the expiry of iddat from the second marriage.[i] [ii]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami,

Student Darul Iftaa

USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] الطَّلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ….. فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَا إِنْ ظَنَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ (230)1) : 229، 230(

[ii] الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي (2/ 257)المتوفي سنة 593دار احياء التراث العربي - بيروت - لبنان

وإن كان الطلاق ثلاثا في الحرة أو ثنتين في الأمة لم تحل له حتى تنكح زوجا غيره نكاحا صحيحا ويدخل بها ثم يطلقها أو يموت عنها

الفتاوى الهندية - ط. دار الفكر (1/ 473) المتوفي سنة دار الفكر

وَإِنْ كان الطَّلَاقُ ثَلَاثًا في الْحُرَّةِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ في الْأَمَةِ لم تَحِلَّ له حتى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ نِكَاحًا صَحِيحًا وَيَدْخُلَ بها ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقَهَا أو يَمُوتَ عنها كَذَا في الْهِدَايَةِ

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Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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