marriage re-instatement (الْمُرَاجَعَةُ)

marriage re-instatement (الْمُرَاجَعَةُ)


الفقه أصول الفقه

التعريف :


That marriage is restored during the divorced woman’s waiting period, if the divorce is revocable.

المعنى الاصطلاحي :


A husband takes back his revocably divorced wife during her 'iddah (the prescribed waiting period after divorce), without a new marriage contract.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :


"Muraajaa'ah": referring back (to someone) to consult (him). It also means taking the wife back after divorcing her. The origin of the word is "raj' " which means returning, the opposite of which is "dhahaab" which means going.