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Is it compulsory for me to do iddat if I want to divorce my husband after 5 years of marriage?

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AFTER 5 YRS OF MY MARRIAGE I WANT DIVORCE FROM MY HUSBAND. WE HV NO PHYSICAL RELATION YET.WE SPENT ABT 30 DAYS TOGHETER.I WANT TO KNOW WETHER DOING IDDAT IS COMPUSSARY FOR ME OR NOT.ND IF IT IS COMPULSURRY DAN WANT TO KNOW MAY I GO ON MY OFFICE IN IDDAT PERIOD AS IM WORKING WOMEN ND IT IS HARD TO ME TO GET LEAVES OF 105 DAYS.PLZ GUIDE ME.

Answer

(Fatwa: 276/254/B=1432)

If both of you have met in privacy in a room and there was no Shariah hindrance from establishing physical relation, then this privacy will also be considered as physical contact. Your full mahr shall be wajib on your husband and after talaq it shall be wajib for you to observe iddah. If you keep on going your office during your iddah, you shall be sinful. However, your iddah shall be over after three menstruation cycles.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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