Is a revocable divorce (rajʿah) considered to have occurred if the husband desires his divorced wife while she is in her waiting period (ʿiddah), and he masturbates imagining her, or kisses her picture intending to take her back, and is what is said about the Hanafis true regarding the occurrence of rajʿah through kissing, desire, and looking?
Reconciliation (raj'ah) does not occur merely by intention, or by the husband desiring his wife, thinking about her, or kissing her picture. Rather, it occurs through verbal declaration or sexual intercourse. According to the Hanafis, it occurs by touching the wife or looking at her private parts with desire. Masturbation is forbidden.
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