Talaaq

Court issuing khula'

Q: I filed for khullah in court on Feb 2014 and got khula' in my favour in June 2014 because my husband didn't show up in court neither he contacted me and my family, as he always said I'll never divorce you and neither will keep you as my wife. While I was in iddat (I planned to get a fatwa on my khula from muftiyaan when I got my certificate from court. The court remained closed in August. I got written divorce from my husband today almost three month after the court granted me khul'a and on the 17 th month of our separation. Kindly guide me about my iddat period as the court iddat will be finished on the  10th  of September. What should I do now as Sunnah. Please advise me. He didn't even bother to give me nafqa since our nikaah and didn't pay my maher as well.

Ambiguous words of talaaq

Q: I have read all the questions and answers on this website relating to talaak and Fasakh and the common factor is Intention. My question is, the husband must have intention when pronouncing divorce. What if the husband and wife constantly argue and the husband always tells the wife “I want you out of this house” “leave and never come pack” “I’m taking you back to your parents” "don't come back to this house". Can this be understood as a talaaq? How many times must/can a wife be told these words? Or should she just ignore them simply because the husband did not intend to pronounce divorce?

Custody of children after divorce

Q: I am a divorced woman with two minor children. I had been through a difficult marriage wherein I was physically, verbally and mentally abused. Presently my children are with me. My ex-husband and his parents are demanding that I send my children to spend the day with them or allow them to take them for a drive or shopping etc. Due to my history I`m not happy with this. They claim that I am depriving them of their Islamic rights. Can Mufti saheb please advise us with the shar`i ruling in this matter?

Returning the mahr back to the wife after divorce

Q: I wish to ask regarding the divorce. One of my friends divorced 3 years back and hooked up with another woman. His first wife was not a good woman. While she was with my friend she was keeping an affair with another guy. My friend got to know this and he divorced her and her parents gave back all the gold and mahr money as well but he is not aware. He would like to know should he return the mahr money or not?

Getting back together after two talaaqs

Q: I would like to find out what is the procedure if a husband gave his wife one talaaq 12 years ago and after the iddat they got back together with a new nikaah and now another talaaq has been given as the iddat has ended and the husband and wife want to get back together again is it possible? Or after the iddat period of the second talaaq does the third one fall?