Question 1580) - You have mentioned that a man can take his wife back after pronouncing a Talaq Raj'i. Are there divorces whereby he cannot take her back?

A:?? There are three types of divorce:*

1.Talaq Raj'i [returnable] whereby he may take her back during the 'iddah. 2. Talaq Bain [separating] whereby he may not take her back except with a new marriage. 3. Talaq- Mughallazh [severe] whereby she may not marry that husband again until she marries another man after her 'ddah' They must have sex and then if he dies or divorces her, she may marry the first husband after passing her 'iddah.

* The first categorisation was in regard to being in line with the Sunnah or against it.This categorisation is in regards
the effect of the divorce.

~ al-Quduri ~