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IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-229b : BOLEHKAH BEKAS SUAMI TINGGAL BERSAMA ISTERI SEMASA IDDAH?
Can a former husband live in the same house as his ex-wife during her iddah period?
Short answer
The former husband must provide housing for his ex-wife throughout the iddah, whether the divorce is revocable (raj'i) or irrevocable (ba'in) and whether or not she is pregnant.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Marriage & Family
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The former husband must provide housing for his ex-wife throughout the iddah, whether the divorce is revocable (raj'i) or irrevocable (ba'in) and whether or not she is pregnant. However, according to the relied-upon view of the Shafi'i school, he may not live with her or enter the iddah residence, since she is now a non-mahram woman to him and this leads to prohibited seclusion (khalwah). It becomes permissible but disliked if a mahram or another non-mahram woman is present, and it is also permissible if the house has separate rooms or floors where each lives apart.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Dalam mazhab Syafie, tidak boleh bagi bekas suami untuk tinggal bersama isteri yang telah diceraikan di dalam rumah iddah berkenaan, sama ada talak raj`ie atau talak ba'in. Haram bagi suami untuk masuk ke rumah iddah kerana membawa kepada khalwat dan mengganggunya.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-229b : BOLEHKAH BEKAS SUAMI TINGGAL BERSAMA ISTERI SEMASA IDDAH?”, 11 June 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/2459-irsyad-al-fatwa-siri-ke-229-bolehkah-bekas-suami-tinggal-bersama-isteri-semasa-iddah. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ex-husband-living-with-wife-during-iddah/