Divorce in Quran

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No, buddy. I mean that once a 'talaq' has been decided upon, and the woman completes the waiting term, then they are both free to marry whoever they want. Take care.

zack

I have one more question brothers -
Can a man divorce her wife and take her back before the iddah period completes, then divorce her second time and take her back before the iddah period completes and again divorce her and take her back before the iddah period more than thrice? I know a case wherein the husband divorced his wife 3 times and took her back each time before the iddah period. Now he is afraid that the relationship is not valid. Can someone please advise? I couldn't find any verse that explicitly said so or I must have missed.

**AhmedBahgat**

zack

Thanks brother Ahmed,

I know the questions was not easy to answer. I don't know how to convince this person because he is far too elder to me(he is in his 50s). Moreover, there doesn't seem to be any verse in the Quran which explicitly clarifies this. Also, this guy told me that when he was divorcing his wife for the third time, he thought it is the second time and so was not mindful of the consequences. May Allah help him.

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@zack: I know a case wherein the husband divorced his wife 3 times and took her back each time before the iddah period. Now he is afraid that the relationship is not valid.

As per my understanding of the Quran your friend's marriage is still valid.

An important question is why is he repeating the thing over and again?

...Take not God's signs in mockery, and remember God's blessing upon you, and the Book and the Wisdom He has sent down on you, to admonish you. And fear God, and know that God has knowledge of everything.

**BMZ**

Dear brothers,

Part of verse 2:229 is absolutely clear when it says:

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Hey, buddy, we have different takes on the issue.

**AhmedBahgat**

**AhmedBahgat**

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Sure thing, buddy.

This is the case:

took her back each time before the iddah period.

We know from the Quran that the woman has to be put away for a term, and upon reaching the term they have to make the decision of reconciliation or separation, in the presence of two witnesses.

In this case the term was never reached, so I hold that the marriage is valid.

What is your reasoning for stating that the marriage is invalid?

**AhmedBahgat** · Last edited by AhmedBahgat on Wed 19 May, 2010 5:54 pm; edited 2 times in total

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@ahmedbahgat: I dont think so man, there will be a massive loophole in the laws of Allah concerning divorce.

The husband cannot force her to return to him, so why will she agree on reconciliation a million times?

**AhmedBahgat**

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@ahmedbahgat: I didn't mean the husband only, so let me rephrase what i said:

Both husband and wife cannot use the Iddah as a loophole to get around the 3 times limit of divorce, the iddah has nothing to do with counting the number of divorces/reconcilations

The Iddah is only there to protect the pregnant wife. This is obvious with the case of a widowed wife, she still has to wait for Iddah

The only difference with the divorced husband and wife is this, they don't need to wait for Iddah if they want to reconcile, however it is still a count of divorce and reconcilation

This is getting interesting, buddy, and I think we will need more time to resolve the points we disagree upon. If you are interested in it then please start a new thread. Take care.