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Is it compulsory to compelete iddat after marriage?

Published as Sitting in iddat after divorce

· 27 Safar 1439 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it compulsory to compelete iddat after marriage? I was not living with my husband for 3 years and now I am getting divorced and for the three years we have never been intimate since we were not living together.

Answer

After divorce, sitting in iddat is compulsory.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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