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Does the wife deserve alimony if her husband divorces her before the ma'dhun after she became angry with him, refused reconciliation, and left him?

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If the first divorce has occurred, and then the husband says to his wife, "Come, take your things," if he intends divorce by it, then it is a second valid divorce. But if he does not intend divorce by it, then there is nothing upon him. If he intended divorce by saying, "Take your belongings," and then after that he said, "You are divorced," then three divorces have occurred, and she is irrevocably separated from him, and she is not lawful for him until she marries another husband. However, if he did not intend divorce by his saying, "Come, take your things," then the last divorce, his saying "You are divorced," is considered a revocable divorce, and her maintenance and lodging are obligatory upon him until her iddah (waiting period) expires. If he divorces her a third time during the iddah, then she is irrevocably separated from him, and she has no maintenance except if she is pregnant. As for after the iddah ends, no divorce occurs.

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