How does a man take back his wife whom he has divorced?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Taking back a divorced wife is done by testifying with two witnesses that I divorced her and then took her back, and that is sufficient.
The questioner : Yes, two witnesses must be present.
The Shaykh : Two witnesses are required; they must be Muslim and upright.
The questioner : The first and second divorce.
The Shaykh : Yes, this applies to the first and second divorce, but as for the third, it is over; she is no longer lawful for him[Al-Baqarah 2:230].
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And is it with the intention of tahleel, O Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh : Tahleel is not permissible; it is a major haram. He (peace be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 2076Sahih (Al-Albani).
Other than that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Taking back a divorced wife is done by testifying with two witnesses that I divorced her and then took her back, and that is sufficient.
The questioner : Yes, two witnesses must be present.
The Shaykh : Two witnesses are required; they must be Muslim and upright.
The questioner : The first and second divorce.
The Shaykh : Yes, this applies to the first and second divorce, but as for the third, it is over; she is no longer lawful for him
she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him
لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And is it with the intention of tahleel, O Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh : Tahleel is not permissible; it is a major haram. He (peace be upon him) said:
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: (The narrator Isma'il said: I think ash-Sha'bi attributed this tradition to the Prophet) The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Curse be upon the one who marries a divorced woman with the intention of making her lawful for her former husband and upon the one for whom she is made lawful.
لَعَنَ اللهُ المحلِّلَ والمحلَّلَ لهOther than that?
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