Is it permissible for a husband to evict his wife from the marital home before divorcing her, with the intention of divorce, given that he has completed the paperwork for her final exit from the country where they reside, and what are the resulting Sharia rulings regarding the place of 'iddah and maintenance?
The statement mentioned does not constitute an actual divorce. Divorce does not occur merely by a husband sending his wife to her family. The wife remains under his marital bond and retains all her marital rights, such as maintenance, unless she is disobedient (nashiz), in which case her maintenance ceases until she returns, except if she is pregnant, then she is entitled to maintenance in all cases. If divorce is established, she has the rights of a divorced woman, such as the waiting period () and maintenance until the iddah expires. She is not obliged to return to the marital home for the iddah; rather, she observes the iddah wherever she is, in her family's home.
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