Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Subsequent Marriages

Article 27. By a husband. Notwithstanding the rule of Islamic law permitting a Muslim to have more than one wife but one wife unless he can deal with them with equal companionship and just treatment as enjoined by Islamic law and only in exceptional cases.

Article 28. By widow. No widow shall contract a subsequent marriage unless she has observed an 'idda of four months and ten days counted from the date of the death of her husband. If at that time the widow is pregnant, she may remarry within a reasonable time after delivery. In such case, she shall produce the corresponding death certificate.

Article 29. By divorcee.

(1) No woman shall contract a subsequent marriage unless she has observed an 'idda of three monthly courses counted from the date of divorce. However, if she is pregnant at the time of the divorce, she may remarry only after delivery.

(2) Should a repudiated woman and her husband reconcile during her 'idda, he shall have a better right to take her back without need of a new marriage contract.

(3) Where it is indubitable that the marriage has not been consummated when the divorce was affected, no 'idda shall be required.

Article 30. Marriage after three talaq.

(1) Where a wife has been thrice repudiated (talaq bain lubra) on three different occasions by her husband, he cannot remarry her unless she shall have married another person who divorces her after consummation of the intervening marriage and the expiration of the 'idda.

(2) No solemnizing officer shall perform the subsequent marriage mentioned in the preceding paragraph unless he has ascertained that there was no collusion among the parties.