is not enough, for the matter requires careful verification and a thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding the husband and wife, the causes of the divorce, and the like.
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Question: I had been working in Iraq for two years when I became involved in a legal case and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Does my wife have the right to seek and obtain a divorce?
Answer: First, your absence is excused because you are incarcerated. However, if remaining in this situation harms her and brings her hardship, she may file a petition with the shar‘i judge, and he will look into her case.
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Question: I married four years ago and Allah blessed us with a daughter. Our marriage had been going well with nothing to disturb it. One day a misunderstanding arose that led to a dispute between us. I went to the court while tense and in a poor emotional state and obtained a divorce deed from the court containing three separate pronouncements, without having uttered them myself. I had never divorced my wife before. Does this deed count as three irrevocable divorces, or as a single divorce? If it is a single divorce, what should I do to have the deed corrected?
Answer: Since the court issued a deed containing three separate pronouncements of divorce at the hand of the judge, this woman cannot be taken back; she has separated from you with a major, irrevocable separation. If you have any objection to what has been issued, you must return to the judge who