Calculating the waiting period for the second divorce before it expires
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! If a man divorces his wife for the second time during the waiting period, after two menstrual cycles have passed, is the waiting period calculated from the second divorce? Or what is the ruling?
Answer:
No, it is from the first. The waiting period is counted from the first divorce if he did not take her back. However, if he took her back and then divorced her before the waiting period ended, the waiting period is renewed from the second divorce, because the first waiting period was lifted by his taking her back.
Honorable Shaykh! If a man divorces his wife for the second time during the waiting period, after two menstrual cycles have passed, is the waiting period calculated from the second divorce? Or what is the ruling?
Answer:
No, it is from the first. The waiting period is counted from the first divorce if he did not take her back. However, if he took her back and then divorced her before the waiting period ended, the waiting period is renewed from the second divorce, because the first waiting period was lifted by his taking her back.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الطلاق — islamhouse.com (1:04:53)
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