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Sects - Organisations - Scholars The Majlis Vol 21 No 07, p.2

A husband became a Shiah. What is the status of the Nikah?

Question

A husband became a Shiah. What is the status of the Nikah? What should his wife do?

Answer

The husband has become a murtad. The marriage has automatically terminated. The wife may no longer live with him. She must move out from his house and be in Iddat – a period of three haidhs. Thereafter she may marry someone else.

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