One Who is not Lawful for her Husband without Marriage to another Man

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الطَّلَاقِ الَّذِي لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ فَقَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ أَنَا بِامْرَأَةٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدِي وَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَتَرَكْتُهَا حَتَّى إِذَا طَمِثَتْ وَ طَهُرَتْ طَلَّقْتُهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ وَ أَشْهَدْتُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَاهِدَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَرَكْتُهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا رَاجَعْتُهَا وَ دَخَلْتُ بِهَا وَ تَ

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a divorce after the husband cannot marry without her being married to another man. He (the Imam) said, ‘I can inform you about the woman who was with me and I wanted to divorce her and how I did. I left her until she experienced Hayd (menses) and became clean of Hayd (

قُلْتُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي لَا تَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ قَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي تُطَلَّقُ ثُمَّ تُرَاجَعُ ثُمَّ تُطَلَّقُ ثُمَّ تُرَاجَعُ ثُمَّ تُطَلَّقُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ‌ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ وَ قَالَ الرَّجْعَةُ بِالْجِمَاعِ وَ إِلَّا فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who cannot become lawful in marriage for her previous husband without marriage with another man. He (the Imam) said, ‘She is a woman who is divorced, then her husband goes back to her, then is divorced then he goes back to her, then is divorced. She becomes

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي لَا تَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ قَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي تُطَلَّقُ ثُمَّ تُرَاجَعُ ثُمَّ تُطَلَّقُ ثُمَّ تُرَاجَعُ ثُمَّ تُطَلَّقُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَهِيَ الَّتِي لَا تَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ وَ يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا[2].

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who cannot become lawful for her previous husband in marriage without marriage with another man. He (the Imam) said, ‘She is a woman who is divorced and he goes back to her, then divorces her then goes back to her, then divorces for the third time. She beco

فِي الرَّجُلِ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ تَطْلِيقَةً ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعُهَا بَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ عِدَّتِهَا فَإِذَا طَلَّقَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ لَمْ تَحِلَّ لَهُ‌ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ فَإِذَا تَزَوَّجَهَا غَيْرُهُ وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَ طَلَّقَهَا أَوْ مَاتَ عَنْهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِزَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْآخَرُ عُسَيْلَتَهَا.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man divorces his wife once then goes back to her after her waiting period is complete, when he divorces her for the third time she cannot become lawful for him in marriage until she marries another man. If another man marries her then divorces her but does not go to bed with her or d

فِي الْمُطَلَّقَةِ التَّطْلِيقَةَ الثَّالِثَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ‌ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ وَ يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا.

“About the case of a woman who is divorced for the third time, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’She cannot become lawful in marriage for her previous husband until she marries another man who tastes her honey (goes to bed with her).”’

كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرِّضَا ع رَجُلٌ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ الطَّلَاقَ الَّذِي لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ‌ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ‌ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا غُلَامٌ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ مَا حَدُّ الْبُلُوغِ فَقَالَ مَا أَوْجَبَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْحُدُودَ.

“I once wrote to al-Rida’ (a.s.), and asked, ’A man has divorced his wife as such that she cannot become lawful for him in marriage without marriage with another man; but a boy who is not mature married her. He (the Imam) replied, ‘No, until he becomes mature.’ I then wrote and asked, ‘What is the limit of maturity?’ H