{"id":230,"date":"2014-10-23T19:03:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2017-11-09T03:03:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T07:03:37","slug":"is-iddah-necessary-after-divorce-was-filed-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/is-iddah-necessary-after-divorce-was-filed-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Iddah necessary after divorce was filed for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in a awkward position, I was going through a divorce the American way and it was almost finalized, but my ex passed away. I was not in contact with him for 8 months. He went his way and I continued my life and considered a divorcee. I was told not to do an Islamic one until the american one is finalized. But my main question is, since I was separated for over 8 months with the intention of divorce, am I supposed to do Iddah?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If your ex-husband did not issue you a divorce until he passed away, your Nikah with him was intact until his death. As such you have to observe the Iddah of death which is four months and ten days after his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The separation of eight months does not impact on the Nikah. The Nikah remained intact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arshad Ali<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trinidad<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Checked and Approved by,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mufti Ebrahim Desai.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>( \u0648 ) \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0629 ( \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a \u0623\u0631\u0628\u0639\u0629 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