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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce) The Majlis Vol 23 No 11, p.3

It is said that the Iddat of a woman is three haidh cycles.

Question

It is said that the Iddat of a woman is three haidh cycles. From when does her Iddat begin if she was divorced during a clean period?

Answer

The Iddat of a divorced woman is full three haidh cycles. If she was divorced during the state of Tuhr (Paaki – the clean period), then whilst her Iddat begins immediately, she still has to wait and be in Iddat until the end of the third haidh cycle.

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