Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Talak (repudiation)
Talak: explicit and allusive formulas, intention, revocable (raj'i) and irrevocable (ba'in) divorce, and triple divorce in one statement.
Two revocable divorces leave the husband the right to take back his wife during the waiting period, without a new contract or a new dower, after which the third makes the separation irrevocable: remarrying her then requires an intermediate, consummated marriage. Pronounced in anger, the talaq is valid according to the four schools when the reason remains present, and void when it is totally absent; under coercion it does not take effect according to the majority of jurists, but takes effect according to the Hanafis. The triple divorce in a single utterance counts as three according to the majority, and as one according to Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn al-Qasim: a famous divergence to settle with a scholar.
Updated on 07 October 2026 at 6:42 PM
Talaq in full: its types (sunna, innovation), its pillars, the states of the one who divorces, explicit and allusive formulas, conditional talaq, delegation to the wife, and final separation, in the four schools.
Bada'i al-Sana'i by al-Kasani · Hanafi school
...to divorce her a new time, according to all their views, for when she menstruated, the ruling of the month became invalid: the month, for her, is a substitute for menstruation, and a substitute has no ruling in the presence of the substituted.
As for the one who divorced his wife among those who no longer menstruate (dhuwat al-aqra), then despaired (of their return), he may divorce her a new time until she despair definitively, according to the view of Abu Hanifa.
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd · comparative
Book of divorce. The first section on the types of divorce. The first chapter on the knowledge of irrevocable and revocable divorce. The book of divorce: the discussion in this chapter is confined to four sections. The first: the types of divorce. The second: the pillars of divorce. The third: the return (raj'a). The fourth: the rulings of the divorced women. The first section: it comprises five chapters. The first chapter: the knowledge of irrevocable and revocable divorce.
Valid per the 4 schools if reason remains present (the word said knowingly); void if reason is totally absent; under coercion: does not operate per the jumhur, operates per the Hanafis.
Two revocable talaks, then the third becomes definitive; after the third, remarriage requires an intermediate consummated marriage (see the page).
Three per most schools; one per Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn al-Qasim (Umar's prior report): a famous divergence to settle with a scholar.
Yes: revocable talak lets the husband take back his wife during the iddah, without new contract or dower.