A divorce that does result is revocable whenever the word “divorce” is actually pronounced or the husband merely intends it.

“Whatever is valid as a dowry is likewise valid as compensation in khulʿ,” yet it is reprehensible to demand more than the amount he originally gave her. If a pregnant woman ransoms herself for the maintenance owed to her during her waiting period, the transaction is valid.

Khulʿ may also be concluded for an unspecified consideration, just as a bequest may be left undefined. Thus, if she ransoms herself for the crop of her tree, for her slave-girl, for whatever coins or goods are in her hand or in her house, or for a male slave, the khulʿ is valid. Should no crop, goods, or slave be found, the husband is entitled to the least that the stated term can denote,1 and if no coins exist he is entitled to three (dirhams).

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If the husband stipulates, “Whenever,” or “When,” or “If you give me a thousand, you are divorced,” the divorce takes effect once she hands over the amount, even if the payment is delayed.

Should she say, “Divorce me by khulʿ for a thousand,” or “for a thousand,” or “You shall have a thousand2,” and he proceeds, the separation is final and he is entitled to the sum. If she says, “Pronounce one divorce for a thousand,” but he pronounces three, he is still entitled to the thousand; the converse situation follows the converse ruling—except when only a single pronouncement remains.

The father has no authority to arrange a khulʿ for his minor son’s wife, nor to divorce her, nor to arrange a khulʿ for his minor daughter3 with any part of her property.

Khulʿ does not cancel any other rights. If a husband suspends his wife’s divorce on a condition, then separates from her irrevocably and the condition is fulfilled, and thereafter he remarries her and the condition is fulfilled again, the divorce takes effect—just as in the case of a suspended manumission; otherwise, it does not.4