Question
Where should a woman who has been given three Talaaqs spend her Iddat?
Answer
If three Talaaqs were issued, the marriage ceases to exist with immediate effect. The husband and wife will be regarded as strangers to one another and all the laws of segregation will apply to them. While she will spend her Iddat in the husband’s house, they will always keep separate from each other through any means of separation.
If in such a case, residing in the husband’s house may lead them to getting intimate, then to avoid this strong possibility of them falling into sin, they would be told to stay in separate houses. It is best that the husband moves out.
Checked and Approved By:
Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
References
(وتعتدان) أي معتدة طلاق وموت في بيت وجبت فيه ولا يخرجان منه
(رد المحتار ج ٣ ص ٥٣٦ – سعيد)
وإن ضاق المنزل عليهما، أو كان الزوج فاسقا فخروجه أولى لأن مكثها واجب لا مكثه
(رد المحتار ج ٣ ص ٥٣٧ – سعيد)
ولهما أن يسكنا بعد الثلاث في بيت واحد إذا لم يلتقيا التقاء الأزواج، ولم يكن فيه خوف فتنة
(رد المحتار ج ٣ ص ٥٣٨ – سعيد)