The ruling on marrying a fifth woman while a wife is in the waiting period after a revocable divorce
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Question:
A man has four wives, so he divorced one of them with a revocable divorce, and he wants to marry another woman. Does he have to wait until the divorced woman's waiting period ends?
Answer:
No, there is no problem with this. If he divorced her with a revocable divorce, she is his wife until she exits the waiting period, so there is no problem with him not marrying as long as she is in the waiting period. Rather, if he divorced her with a final divorce where he has no right to take her back, they say he does not marry until her waiting period ends, because the effects of the marriage are still remaining. Yes. And they make a riddle of this, saying: How does the man observe the waiting period in this issue?
The presenter:
Yes.
A man has four wives, so he divorced one of them with a revocable divorce, and he wants to marry another woman. Does he have to wait until the divorced woman's waiting period ends?
Answer:
No, there is no problem with this. If he divorced her with a revocable divorce, she is his wife until she exits the waiting period, so there is no problem with him not marrying as long as she is in the waiting period. Rather, if he divorced her with a final divorce where he has no right to take her back, they say he does not marry until her waiting period ends, because the effects of the marriage are still remaining. Yes. And they make a riddle of this, saying: How does the man observe the waiting period in this issue?
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 079 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / النكاح / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:57)
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