Can someone be kind enough to breif me how about reunion of a couble occurs after they are divorced for a year (legally and Islamically).
Obiously talaaq has occured, and after a year they realized that they had a misunderstanding and now they are have resolved all their disputes.
I have read on the net that they both have to get married to different people and mantain that “intimate” relationship (both husband and wife) for at least 3-12 months. After if they feel that they still are committed and want to get married they can. I’m not sure if I have understood this correct. If someone can please shed some light on this, I would really appreciate it. I’m trying to get a couple together…they were married for more than 16 years…thx in advance !
If after a divorce, a reunion occurs, it will be regarded as a fresh marriage. However, there can be no more than two reunions. The third divorce is a final one. In that case, the only possibility is that the woman need to marry another man after “iddat” (varies from 3-12 monthly periods for diff. opinions; See Surah 2:228), consummate the marriage and get divorced and remarry the first husband again after “iddat.” (See 2:30). It allows a man to be thoughtful and composed in such serious matters and the marriage with another man allows a woman to evaluate if there are other men better than her first husband that she would like to be married. There is no compulsion in her getting divorced from the second husband, if she likes him better than the first one. [See also 2:224-232; 4:34-35; 4:127-130]