موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ جَامِعِ عِدَّةِ الطَّلَاقِComprehensive Chapter on the Waiting Period of Divorce
Hadith 1209B3
قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَالْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا أَسْلَمَتْ وَزَوْجُهَا كَافِرٌ، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ، فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مَا دَامَتْ فِي عِدَّتِهَا، فَإِنِ انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا فَلَا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ عِدَّتِهَا لَمْ يُعَدَّ ذَلِكَ طَلَاقًا، وَإِنَّمَا فَسَخَهَا مِنْهُ الْإِسْلَامُ بِغَيْرِ طَلَاقٍ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, the ruling is that if a woman becomes Muslim and her husband is a disbeliever, then if the husband also becomes Muslim during her waiting period (‘iddah), the woman will remain with him. If the waiting period passes, then he will have no relation with the woman, but he can marry her again and will have ownership of three divorces, because the woman's becoming Muslim did not constitute a divorce, rather the marriage was annulled.
