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Are women who are divorced after the consummation entitled to maintenance?
Yes she is even not recommended to leave (one could even say it is her duty to stay) her husbands house (assuming he is the owner of course) until the end of the 'idah! And IMO any view which differs ...
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Is Iddah required if the couple has been seperate for a time before divorce?
The 'iddah for a woman who has been given talaq is clearly defined in 2:228:
Divorced women remain in waiting for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in ...
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When is it possible to take back your wife after divorce?
Based on the few of info you've provided in your Question we have three cases two of them for the talaq with an accepted turn back:
In case of a rij'i talaq (talaq were a turning back is possible)
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Is it permissible to have intercourse with prepubescents according to 65:4?
Marriage (the contract) is permissible with a minor, according to the majority view. Although many of the scholars have noted such a marriage to be discouraged under normal circumstances.
Being a ...
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I want to get married with the intention of only having sex?
The majority of scholars see it is permissible to marry with intention of divorce but without being a condition in the contract, if it's mentioned in the marriage contract then the contract is invalid ...
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How can a child marriage be anything but forced?
Bismillah,
Getting back to the marriage contract, which is the main point of this
question: if the girl is too young to protest, since she could not
have possibly given her consent and remained "...
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How does one go about getting an Islamic divorce in the USA?
Islam prescribes that you obey the laws of the land as long as they aren't forcing you to divert from Islam. If you want to marry a girl of the people of the book, you should marry her according to ...
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Could divorce by feigning apostasy be used to escape a violent husband?
Feigning apostasy is neither allowed (as there is no feigning allowed), nor necessarily viable.
A Muslim is not allowed to pretend not to be a Muslim, either through actions or words, except if ...
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Do I need to get a divorce from a secret marriage to remarry?
It would be prudent to get divorce before moving forward. This will terminate the nikah if it was valid and will not do any harm if it was invalid.
The Hanafis recognize as valid a marriage when you ...
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How do I ask my husband for khula, when the problem is with me?
Khul' and the necessary conditions to make it legal
The basis for khul' are verse (2:229):
... . But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah , then there is no blame upon ...
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Khula: Is there an iddah period if no sex took place?
The following verse states that there is no iddah period if no sexual relations took place.
O You who have believed, when you marry believing women and then
divorce them before you have touched ...
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If a husband says 'talaq' to his wife jokingly, does 'talaq' happen?
I really liked some other person's view regarding divorce in joke he is also very knowledgeable person regarding Islamic thing. As scholar quote Hadith:
“There are three matters in which seriousness ...
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One talaq is given to the woman 5 years ago, what to do now?
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.
At first, I want to say that most of us have a wrong notion about the matter of talaq specifically in the mentioned case.
If 1 or 2 talaqs are given:
If anybody gives one ...
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Am I divorced Islamically?
I'm very sad to hear what you've been through. May Allah (SWT) reward you for all that you've done to keep the marriage going, and replace the hardship with ease.
Should I return the mahr to him ...
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Why doesn't divorce require witnesses (Sunni View)?
All perfect praise be to Allah
This ayah is referring to taking two persons(one from each side) to solve the matter in good manner, as said in first part of the verse, if things get resolved in good ...
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If a husband and wife get divorced before the marriage was consummated, is it possible to remarry?
In Shia views, it's okay to remarry your wife but if you divorce her for third time, remarry is on the condition of the woman marry and divorce another man.
Iran's Ruling on Islamic marriage and ...
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Marriage and divorce
Is it then permissible to divorce them?
Yes it is permissible to divorce, as Allah explained in the Quran. The husband can ponounce the divorce the wife, can ask, but if he refuses she has -...
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Does parents saying "the marriage is over" end the marriage?
No. The marriage is still in effect. The marriage will be terminated after khula. It happened in Pakistan. So, the process of termination will be according to Pakistan's law.
You have been ...
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Why did Abu bakr divourced his wife Kabila, the mother of Asma and Abdullah ibn Omar his wife?
The only things i could find about pre-islamic talaq is:
That talaq was not limitted so you could speak out talaq as often as you like and could get back your wife as often as you liked. As it seems ...
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Does my husband need to visit a court to file for divorce?
No need to visit any court. For shariah purpose divorce occurs by husband just saying "I divorce you" to his wife. After divorce you need to wait for iddah to complete before you can marry again.
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Can a marriage be annulled in Islam?
Marriage annulment is called faskh and Islam Q&A has an article about it:
As for faskh, it is annulment of the marriage contract and dissolution of the marital bond completely, as if it never ...
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Does a barren woman need to complete iddah (period of waiting) after divorce?
Did you not see in that ayah, 2:228: "And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period"? So this gives time for her husband to change his mind and take her back.
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Is talaq complete when they can both agree to get back together before three months?
All perfect praise be to Allah
In fact this is proper way of talaq, the way of talaq which we use now a days, giving all 3 talaqs at once or with little breaks is not SUNNAH. And sunnah is against ...
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Could divorce by feigning apostasy be used to escape a violent husband?
Feigning apostasy to leave a marriage became quite frequent in Hindustan (modern India & Pakistan) there are reports of women actually doing this in the 1800's.
Under Hanafi Law the nikkah ...
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Can I marry an Egyptian man who remarried his ex-wife?
As is this question needs some additional information:
In first place the necessary information is about you as I assume that your fiancé is a Muslim, else it would be pointless asking this on a Q&...
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My wife filed for civil divorce and we are now divorced; is it also khula?
In their 2004 conference in Copenhagen (Arabic only), the jurists stated in "Topic 2: Judicial Action outside the land of Islam — what is halāl and what is harām" that in a country where Islamic law ...
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Willing to divorce my husband
Due to the lack of information. In your case there are two possibilities as far as I understood -assuming that your marriage was legal and valid according Islam-:
Either you have made it a condition ...
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How am I to face my husband after talaq before the 'Idah ends while a reconciliation is (theoretically) possible?
As said in my comments and in my answer on Are women who are divorced after the consummation entitled to maintenance? according to the Qur'an it is recommended for a wife who has been divorced a ...
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Is Marriage Annul if Wife runs from home with out husband's concern
To annul a marriage a verdict of a court is necessary. For that the wife must apply in a shari'a court. And they must verify her statement etc..
Note that a nullification of a marriage rarely happens ...
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