What remains of the first husband's divorces after another man marries her.
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The honorable Shaykh! A man divorced his wife twice, and after the second divorce, another man married her. If the first man takes her back after the second man, does the second man's marriage annul the two previous divorces?
A man divorced his wife twice, then she married another man. Then the other man divorced her or died, and she returned to the first man. Does the count start anew, or does it build upon what has passed?So the answer is: It builds upon what has passed, and the first husband has only one divorce remaining in the new marriage; this is because the second husband's marriage had no effect, unlike the case where he divorced her three times, then she married another man and he consummated the marriage, then he died or divorced her, in which case she returns to the first man with three divorces, meaning: anew; because the second man's marriage made her lawful for the first man after she had been forbidden to him, whereas if he had divorced her twice, the second man's marriage did not make her lawful for him; because she is lawful for him whether she married or did not marry.
A man divorced his wife twice, then she married another man. Then the other man divorced her or died, and she returned to the first man. Does the count start anew, or does it build upon what has passed?So the answer is: It builds upon what has passed, and the first husband has only one divorce remaining in the new marriage; this is because the second husband's marriage had no effect, unlike the case where he divorced her three times, then she married another man and he consummated the marriage, then he died or divorced her, in which case she returns to the first man with three divorces, meaning: anew; because the second man's marriage made her lawful for the first man after she had been forbidden to him, whereas if he had divorced her twice, the second man's marriage did not make her lawful for him; because she is lawful for him whether she married or did not marry.