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20 / 06 / 2026
The Ruling on a Woman's Second Marriage Upon the Return of Her First Husband
A man married a woman, and after some time he traveled and it was rumored that he had died. This woman observed the waiting period of widowhood, and after her waiting period ended, she married a second man. Then her first husband returned and it turned out he was alive. Is this woman still married to her first husband or is she married to her second husband?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: If the judge finds that the husband has died and the marriage has been annulled, then her marriage to the second man is valid, and she does not return to the first. If she marries him without a court ruling, then her second marriage is invalid, and she is still the wife of the first. And God knows best.
