Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
A man gave his wife one revocable divorce (ṭalāq rajʿī) and did not reconcile. Six months have passed. Can he marry her again?
Yes, he can marry her again, but only through a new marriage contract (nikāḥ jadīd), since the ʿiddah has passed without reconciliation.
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
(Al-Baqarah: 232)
“When you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term (ʿiddah), do not prevent them from remarrying their (former) husbands if they agree on reasonable terms.”
Narrated by Sayyidunā Maʿqil ibn Yasār (RA):
“I gave my sister in marriage. Her husband divorced her with a revocable divorce. When her ʿiddah ended, he proposed again. I said: By Allah! I will never marry her to you again. Then this verse was revealed...”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 4529, Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 2087 – Isnāds Ḥasan)
✔ After the ʿiddah ends without rajʿah (reconciliation), the previous marriage ends completely.
✔ To reunite, a new nikāḥ (with new proposal, acceptance, mahr, and witnesses) is mandatory.
✔ It is permissible, and the guardian (walī) should not obstruct this if both parties agree.
❖ Question:
A man gave his wife one revocable divorce (ṭalāq rajʿī) and did not reconcile. Six months have passed. Can he marry her again?
✿ Answer:
Yes, he can marry her again, but only through a new marriage contract (nikāḥ jadīd), since the ʿiddah has passed without reconciliation.
❀ Qur’anic Evidence:
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
(Al-Baqarah: 232)
“When you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term (ʿiddah), do not prevent them from remarrying their (former) husbands if they agree on reasonable terms.”
❀ Ḥadīth Reference:
Narrated by Sayyidunā Maʿqil ibn Yasār (RA):
“I gave my sister in marriage. Her husband divorced her with a revocable divorce. When her ʿiddah ended, he proposed again. I said: By Allah! I will never marry her to you again. Then this verse was revealed...”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 4529, Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 2087 – Isnāds Ḥasan)
Conclusion:
✔ After the ʿiddah ends without rajʿah (reconciliation), the previous marriage ends completely.
✔ To reunite, a new nikāḥ (with new proposal, acceptance, mahr, and witnesses) is mandatory.
✔ It is permissible, and the guardian (walī) should not obstruct this if both parties agree.
