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<big>'''1-'''</big> '''<big>The</big> <big>case of a single or a double divorce (by saying “I divorce you” once or twice, in one sitting or two different sittings)</big>''' | <big>'''1-'''</big> '''<big>The</big> <big>case of a single or a double divorce (by saying “I divorce you” once or twice, in one sitting or two different sittings)</big>''' | ||
This case is the best for the divorced wife since | This case is the best for the divorced wife in terms of her rights since she’s considered to be married to her husband until the waiting period is over. During the waiting period, scholars unanimously agree that the husband is obliged to house his wife and provide for her.<ref>[https://al-maktaba.org/book/9486/1097 Fiqh Al-Sunnah by Sayyid Sabiq, Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi, vol.2 p.337]</ref> If the waiting period ends without the husband canceling the divorce, then she’s no longer considered to be his wife. | ||
The wife | The wife cannot leave the husband’s house during the waiting period. The four mainstream schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence have the following opinions on the right of leaving the house during the waiting period of a woman divorced with less than three divorce announcements: | ||
'''The Hanafi and the Shafi’i schools:''' She cannot leave her husband’s house | '''The Hanafi and the Shafi’i schools:''' She cannot leave her husband’s house neither during the day nor the night. | ||
'''The Hanbali and the Maliki schools:''' She can leave the house during the day for her daily needs. But she | '''The Hanbali and the Maliki schools:''' She can leave the house during the day for her daily needs. But she cannot leave during the night because it’s the time when adultery is feared.<ref>[https://al-maktaba.org/book/11430/18733 The Kuwaiti encyclopedia of jurisprudence by the Ministry of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs in Kuwait, vol.29 p.348,349]</ref> | ||
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It is permissible for her to speak to men and to speak on the telephone, and to allow people to enter the house who are permitted to do so according to sharee’ah, and to go out onto the roof of the house during the night and during the day.}} | It is permissible for her to speak to men and to speak on the telephone, and to allow people to enter the house who are permitted to do so according to sharee’ah, and to go out onto the roof of the house during the night and during the day.}} | ||
== Restrictions upon the woman during her 'Iddah == | ==Restrictions upon the woman during her 'Iddah== | ||
Islamic 'Iddah not only prohibits the women from remarriage with another man, but it also puts other restrictions upon them. In the case of a widowed woman, she faces more restrictions than a formally divorced woman. But jurists are split on whether a formally divorced woman should go through the same restrictions of a widowed woman. | Islamic 'Iddah not only prohibits the women from remarriage with another man, but it also puts other restrictions upon them. In the case of a widowed woman, she faces more restrictions than a formally divorced woman. But jurists are split on whether a formally divorced woman should go through the same restrictions of a widowed woman. | ||