Is it permissible for a divorced woman to return to her ex-husband after he has divorced her three times, knowing that he has repented from drug abuse and they have children together, and are the divorces that occurred while he was under the influence of drugs counted?
If the husband divorces his wife with three pronouncements while he is aware of what he is saying, she becomes irrevocably divorced from him with a major divorce (baynunah kubra). She is not lawful for him again until she marries another husband in a marriage of desire, and then he divorces her or dies, and her 'iddah (waiting period) ends.
The occurrence of the first divorce during pregnancy does not prevent its validity, and fasting does not affect the validity of the divorce. As for the post-natal bleeding (nifas) period, most scholars hold that divorce issued during it is valid.
It is advised to present the matter to a Sharia court or to trustworthy scholars in the country.
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