Quran Quote : 550. After the second divorce if the third is given with, or without the ransom, the divorce now becomes complete i.e. marriage is now annulled. From this we learn that although Khula is an irrevocable divorce it will not annul the marriage until the third divorce is given. Otherwise, the giving of the third divorce would not have been mentioned in this verse.
551. By HALAALA is meant if the husband and wife want to come together after the third divorce, the wife will first have to remarry a second time. In Halaala mere marriage to the second husband will not be regarded as sufficient, this marriage will have to be consummated because the word TANKIHA suggests consumation of marriage while theword ZAWJAN proves marriage only.
552. From this discussion a few issues emerge: 1. In the case of three divorces the wife can remarry the former husband after HALAALAtakes place, without any problem.
2. The coming together of this divorced would be dependent on the mutual agreement of the couple. It is for this purpose that "come together again" and "if they think" are both in dual form. 3. After the Halaala the second husband has to give three divorces before the wife is in the
position to return to the first husband. This is deduced from the verb "for the two to return again" because the word 'to return' suggests going back to the former state, and because the former state was annulled by three divorces, its rectification can only be achieved through three divorces.
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