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What is the waiting period for a woman who has been divorced three times?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the waiting period of a woman who has been divorced by her husband with three revocable divorces?

The Shaykh:
The operative cause.

The questioner:
The divorced woman.

The Shaykh:
Divorced women remain in waiting for three periodsوَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُوءٍ
[Al-Baqarah 2:228]
That is, three menstrual cycles or three periods of purity, according to the scholarly disagreement; three are required.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, and Honorable.

The Shaykh:
This applies generally to the woman divorced three times and to the woman divorced revocably, in general. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2744] ما عِدَّة المرأة المطلقة ثلاثاً؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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