Can a Couple Remarry After Khulʿ?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī
❖ Question:
Is it permissible for a couple to remarry after khulʿ?
✿ Answer:
According to the stronger opinion, khulʿ is considered a dissolution of marriage (fasḵ al-nikāḥ), not a ṭalāq.
- After khulʿ, the woman returns to her former state, as if no marriage existed between them.
- Therefore, the man and woman may remarry with a new nikāḥ contract and a new mahr.
◈ Report from the Salaf
Maymūn ibn Mihrān رحمه الله said regarding a woman who took khulʿ:
«إِذَا قَبِلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجُهَا الْفِدْيَةَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: يَتَزَوَّجُهَا وَيُسَمِّي لَهَا مَهْرًا جَدِيدًا»
“When the husband accepts compensation (in khulʿ) from his wife, and later proposes to her again, he may marry her with a new nikāḥ and a new dowry.”
(Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 18510, ḥasan sanad)
Conclusion:- Khulʿ = dissolution, not ṭalāq.
- The couple may remarry after khulʿ.
- A new nikāḥ and new mahr are required.
