Idda: special cases and the husband's return

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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM

The second part of the chapter on the iddah (waiting period): the iddah of the woman with irregular bleeding, that of the woman separated by khul', the classification of women with regard to the waiting period, the cases of adultery and intercourse under a mistaken assumption, as well as the missing husband and the transition from the divorce waiting period to the death waiting period. The positions of the schools, the hadiths with their degrees of authenticity, and the classical references are faithfully reported.

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