Iddat

Q: I have had issues with my husbad for several years now. Last week on 15th July he issued me with 2 talaaqs during an argument. He said the word talaaq and then also said divorce. I asked a local mufti who advised me that it is talaaq e rujoo and that I am in iddah until my husband and I reconcile. I was advised that we should reconcile in front of 2 witnesses, because we've had issues for some time. I said that I wanted to put some conditins to my husband and if he agreed then we could move forward. Mufti sahib said that as long as the conditions were within the shariah hudood it was fine. Unfortunately my husband is not willing to compromise, hence I am still at my parents in the state of Iddah. I am praying we will reconcile within the time limit of 3 haiz, but currently I am in the state of Iddah.

My question is: I am the sole wage earner, my husband does not work, I pay the wages and support my 4 children. I am also the headteacher of 3 Muslim schools, my absence from school has, and will create major problems for the operation of the school. In these conditions am I able to continue working whist in iddah? I am a follower of the Hanafi school of thought. Please advise.

Q: I wanted to ask what is my iddat period after khula? The reason behind khula was that my husband dont come near me or talked to me for 3 years inspite of living in the same house. We lived like strangers under one roof sleeping in different rooms.

Q: I have been given 1 talak and was told from the moulana that I must sit in iddat and after 3 cycles my nikaah will be broken. I want to know whether after the 2nd and 3rd talak do I still sit in iddat?

Q: I wanted to ask that my husband divorced me after my mother in law passed. I have a baby girl in this marriage. My sister in law and my husband took away whatever jewellery my mother in law gave me at my wedding. I have a two and a half year old baby girl. Please tell me if it is right in Islam to give something and take it back because at the time my mother in law gave me the jewellery she said it's yours. The jewellery was with me in my cupboard since the day I got married and when I went to take my belongings from my husbands house, they asked me to give me whatever gold jewellery my mother in law gave me because my husband said that if I don't give the gold jewellery, he will not give me a single rupee for my baby's expenses.

Q: If a woman has been given 1 talaq and during her iddat she has some female problems and has a D&C (cleaning of the womb), will her iddat end after the D&C?

Q: I would like to know my sister has just got her talaq so she is sitting in her iddat at her parents house. Are my parents allowed to get visitors if she is in her iddat at their house.

Q: One of my friends mother is in iddat and his daughters husband came to talk to her and they ate together, is this permissible?

Q:

1. If my husband gives me 1 talaq. What is the iddat period of it?

2. Can I come again in the nikah after the iddat period?

3. Where do I have to sit in iddat, my husband's house or my father house?

4. Will 1 talaq which was sendt by post be valid without any witnesses? 

Q: My wife was pregnant. It was an early pregnancy of six to eight weeks, but unfortunately it became a miscarriage. The doctors informed us that there are three ways through which the dead foetus could be removed; 1. through operating, 2. through administering medication, 3. the natural way by waiting for the bleeding to end.

She decided to remove the dead foetus in a natural way as she didn't want to take medicine or have an operation. However, a divorce was given during this time. After two or three weeks of divorce, bleeding started heavily, without medicine, in a natural way, and it continued for many hours. Due to the extreme pain, we visited a doctor, and the doctor operated on her because of complications.

What will the iddat be in this case?

Q: Is there a difference between iddat in hanafi and shafi mazhab?