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1932. It was narrated from 'Aishah that the wife of Rifâ'ah Al-Qurazi came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: "I was married to Rifâ'ah, and he divorced me and made it irrevocable. Then I married 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Zubair, and what he has is like the fringe of a garment." The Prophet ﷺ smiled and said: "Do you want to go back to Rifâ'ah? No, not until you taste his ('Abdur-Rahmân's) sweetness and he tastes your sweetness." (Sahih)
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a. The permission of marrying the first man (who gave her final divorce) is with the condition that the second husband divorced her after having intercourse. If the second husband divorced her before having sexual intercourse, then remarrying the former husband is not yet permissible; but she may marry a third person.
b. The third divorce is an absolute or final divorce after which the right of revocation is void. If a woman is divorced after the marriage ceremony without consummating the marriage, then this first divorce will be regarded as absolute and final. If one is married to a female slave, then the second divorce will be the absolute one. Any other case has the right to three divorces and the third divorce will be the last one.