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How many months is the 'iddah after the second divorce, and what are the wife's financial rights, knowing that there are three children and it has been agreed that two of them will be in the father's custody and one with the mother?

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The waiting period ('iddah) for a divorced woman and her financial rights are explained in fatwas numbered 35021 and 34702.

The custody (hadhanah) of young children, both male and female, belongs to the mother unless there is a legitimate impediment. Scholars have differed regarding the validity of a mother waiving her right to custody: whether it is a right belonging to her, which she can forfeit by relinquishing it, or a right belonging to the child being cared for. If the mother waives custody, the right then transfers to the next eligible person.

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