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Can a woman who has been given a revocable divorce leave the marital home, and does her waiting period (iddah) end with the onset of the third menstrual period, or with its completion and her purification from it?

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The ruling regarding an 'iddah-observing woman going out was previously addressed in fatwa no. 30812 and fatwa no. 43698.

The 'iddah (waiting period) of a woman observing 'iddah by means of menses (aqra') concludes with her purification from the third menstruation, as stated in fatwa no. 35021.

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