What is meant by a virgin (bikr) and a non-virgin (thayyib)? Is a woman who was divorced after ten months of marriage, and whose husband did not consummate the marriage with her, considered a virgin or a non-virgin? What are her rights and obligations?
A woman who is divorced before her husband has intercourse with her, and her virginity is intact, is considered a virgin. A woman who is divorced after a valid seclusion (khalwa sahiha) must observe the 'iddah (waiting period), and is entitled to her full mahr (dowry) according to many scholars, whether her virginity is lost or not.
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