Fatwa

Re-Marrying after divorce

Fatwa #802 Category: Marriage & Divorce Country: Zambia Date: 13th March 2024
Fatwa #802 Date: 13th March 2024
Category: Marriage & Divorce
Country: Zambia

Question

Salaam,

I have a query a couple had their Nikaah done over 10 years but after 2 years they were divorced however, in those 2 years there was no physical relationship they did not consummate.

Is it possible for them to get married again? without the female having to go through the Halalah process?

Please confirm.

Thanks.

Kind Regards

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In principle, a couple can reunite and remarry each other if the husband had issued one or two divorces. If only two divorces were issued, then the couple can renew their nikaah and get married again.

However, if the husband had issued three divorces, then that will constitute a Talaaq-e-Mughallazah, and the woman will have to go through the Halalah process before remarrying the ex-husband.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Muhammad I.V Patel 

Concurred by
Mufti Bilal Pandor

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Lusaka, Zambia

www.daruliftaazambia.com