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might happen that if he were to come
upon her unawares he would see parts
of her, the sight of which occasions raj'at;
and this not being his intention, he would
give her another divorce, which would
protract her 'iddat.
i~. Talaqu'l-Ba'in, Irrevocable Divorce, when the sen-
•tence signifying divorce is pronounced thnce. If
a man pronounces three divorces upon a wife who
is free, or two upon one who is a slave, she is
not lawful to him until she shall first have been
regularly espoused by another man; who, .having
duly consummated, atterwards divorces her, or
dies, and her 'iddat from him be accomplished,
because God has said: "But if he divorces her
(a third time) she shall not be lawful to him after
that, until she marry another husband but if he
divorce her too, it is no crime in them both to
come together again." Sura 2: 230.
This intermediate husband, ~ho makes the marriage
of the former husband to his irrevocably divorced wife
legal again, is called the MulJ.allil, who makes a thing
otherwise unlawful, legal.
Other Modes of Divorce.
Besides Talaqu's-Sunnat and Bid'i, there are other
modes of divorce such as :
(1) Tafwigu't-Talaq, or Delegation of Divorce, is when
the husband authorizes his wife either by.clear
words, or in some other way to divorce herself or
charges some other person to do it. This may be
done either by authorization, or by appointing an
agent or by writing a letter. It is comprehended
under three following heads:-
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i. IRhtiyar, or option; "Delegation by option"
confers on the wife a power of divorcing
herself; but this right of option is restricted
to the precise place or situation in
which she receives it."
ii. Amruki bayidiki, your business is in your
hands, i. e., you are at liberty. In a delegation
of liberty, divorce takes place
according to the number mentioned by
the wife, independent of the husband's
intention; and the divorce which follows
is irreversible.
"Delegation of liberty may be restricted
to a particular time, or to several different
specified periods of time. And it
is not annulled by the wife's rejection of
it until the time or times mentioned be
fully expired."
iii. Mashiyyat or will: Where a man empowers
his wife to divorce herself in express
terms, the divorce which follows is reversible.
If a man were to say to his
wife, "Divorce yourself," not having any
particular intention, or intending one
divorce, and the woman reply, "I have
divorced myself." a single divorce reversible
takes place; and if she were to say,
"I have given three divorces," three
accordingly takes place, where such is
the intention of the husband."
(2) Yaminu't-Talaq, or Divorce by Conditional Vow:
"Divorce pronounced with a reference to a future
marriage, takes place upon the occurence of such
marriage. Where a man refers or annexes divorce