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3584. It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās, regarding Allāh’s saying: “Whatever a Verse do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it.”[1] and “And when We change a Verse in place of another — and Allāh knows
best what He sends down" (Al-Nahl 16:101) and "Allāh blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the Mother of the Book."[1] The first thing that was abrogated in the Qur'ān was the Qiblah. And He said: "And divorced women shall wait (as regards their marriage) for three menstrual periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs, if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day." "And their husbands have better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation."[2] – that is because when a man divorced his wife, he had more right to take her back, even if he had divorced her three times. Then (Allāh) abrogated that and said: "The divorce is twice, after that, either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness."[3] (Hasan)
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:106.
Commentary
The return of a woman who is in her waiting period from an unfinalized, non-threefold divorce to the state of marriage is possible twice only. After the pronouncement of the third divorce, the woman becomes unlawful: neither returning (taking back) nor remarriage. This is an agreed upon issue.
