What is the legal ruling regarding a wife who was verbally divorced with the intention of ending the marriage, knowing that Moroccan personal status law does not consider divorce valid except by a judge's ruling?
Divorce pronounced explicitly takes effect both religiously and legally. The waiting period () begins from the moment the pronouncement is made, not from the completion of legal procedures. Court procedures do not affect the validity of the Shar'i (Islamic legal) divorce; rather, they serve to legally document it. If the waiting period has already ended: if the divorce was revocable (raj'i), your wife is not permissible for you except with a new contract, witnesses, and a guardian. The same applies if it was an irrevocable divorce of lesser degree (ba'in baynunah sughra). However, if it was an irrevocable divorce of greater degree (ba'in baynunah kubra), she is not permissible for him until she marries another husband.
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