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certain appointed date and time. Qadi under his/her jurisdiction capacity will

provide the ruling of the case. Before ruling, the Qadi under the Islamic

Shariah will act as the mediator and will initiate the reconciliation process

between the two affected parties. If there is no possibility of reconstruction,

then the Qadi dissolve the broken marriage. Qadi should be honesty and

transparent when handling divorce issues.

FEMALE RIGHTS AFTER KHULA DIVORCE

After the marriage is dissolved harmoniously, the wife proceeds to do the following

things according to the Islamic Shariah.

1. Entering into a (waiting period) Iddah

After divorce immediately the wife get into a period known as Iddah. At this

period she is prohibited from remarrying till one complete menstrual cycle. Other

jurists argue and recommend a divorced woman to sit on her Iddah at least on her

three menstrual cycles. For those women who have undergone their menopause has

to sit for at least three calendar months.

During waiting period the two couples are given time to rethink and possible

reconciliation their differences and return to each other. The other reason is that, the

divorced woman is also checked if she is carrying a baby in her womb, and if she is

found pregnant during this period, she will remain in iddah till she give birth as the

teaching of the Holy Qur’an.

Different Muslim scholars’ interpret differently concerning Iddah for women with

irregular menstrual periods. Some argues that, woman with irregular menstrual

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