Is the waiting period (iddah) incumbent upon the wife after she obtains the divorce decree from the court, if her husband had pronounced the oath of divorce upon her three years ago and did not take her back?
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Your sister's waiting period () begins from the moment the husband pronounces the divorce, and she is not obligated to observe a second waiting period upon the issuance of the divorce decree.
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