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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

116 Questions

During my Iddah period, my husband and I engaged in intimate touching but did not have intercourse. Does this imply that we are married or divorced?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You are married.
If your husband touched you during your Iddah period, the Talaq is nul and void immediately and you are married to one another as you were before the divorce.

'Wassalam.
I had only completed the Nikah and am now getting a divorce after having sexual relations with contraception. Do I still need to observe the Iddah period?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes. Iddah of Talaq is must even if the sexual relation was with contraception. Your Iddah after Talaq will be three menstrual periods.

'Wassalam.
My husband has issued divorce to me on two separate occasions while I was menstruating. He believes that these divorces are not considered valid, while I believe they are. What is the ruling on this matter?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

The divorce would not be valid if that was the case, and the best thing to do is for you both to refer to a qualified scholar for marriage counselling, and if no solution can be made and there is no hope for reconciliation, then husband can inform the qualified scholar and conduct the divorce in the correct way, meeting all the valid requirements, and give a document for it as well. 

And Allah knows best
What is the Islamic ruling about the number of months to observe Iddah for a woman filing to divorce her husband?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

There is no 'iddah for the wife to observe while "filing" for divorce. She must observe 'iddah only after the Islamic divorce is recited. When the talaq is recited, her 'iddah period will be three menstrual cycles. 

And Allah knows best