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Revocation of Divorce without Going to Bed is not Valid

alkafi-10669Vol. 6, p. 73-74

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ فِي رَجُلٍ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ: لَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَ- وَ قَالَ لَا يُطَلِّقُ التَّطْلِيقَةَ الْأُخْرَى حَتَّى يَمَسَّهَا.

“About the case of a man who divorces his wife, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He has the right to go back to his wife. Another divorce cannot take place unless he touches her (goes to bed with her).”’

alkafi-10670Vol. 6, p. 74

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا طَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ أَشْهَدَ شَاهِدَيْنِ عَدْلَيْنِ فِي قُبُلِ عِدَّتِهَا فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا.

“I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘If one divorces his wife in the presence of two just witnesses at a time when commencement of waiting period is possible, he then cannot divorce her before the end of waiting period unless he goes back to her.’”

alkafi-10671Vol. 6, p. 74

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي طُهْرٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعُهَا فِي يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا تَبِينُ مِنْهُ بِثَلَاثِ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ خَالَفَ السُّنَّةَ قُلْتُ فَلَيْسَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ إِذَا هُوَ رَاجَعَهَا أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا إِلَّا فِي طُهْرٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ حَتَّى يُجَامِعَ قَالَ نَعَمْ.

“I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife in a Hayd (menses)-free period and without sexual intercourse; then goes back to her on the same day then divorces her with three divorces in one Hayd (menses)-free period. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is against Sunnah .’ I then asked, ‘Is it n

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