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Are the divorce pronouncements that occurred within the same waiting period counted, and does an innovated divorce take effect, and is it permissible to take back one's wife after divorcing her with six separate pronouncements, some of which occurred during menstruation and some during a period of purity in which he had not touched her, and some of which were by intention?

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The enquirer mentioned that he divorced his wife and then took her back. This first divorce is considered valid even if it was an innovated (bid'i) divorce, because if a man pronounces an innovated divorce and imitates those who deem it valid, he cannot retract it.

Then he divorced her two more times explicitly. One of them was during menstruation, and this, according to the prevalent , does not count. The second was during a period of purity (tuhr) in which he had not touched her, and this one is valid by consensus.

Then he divorced her four times implicitly (kinayah) with the intention of divorce, and these are valid.

If even one of these four divorces occurred during a period of purity in which he had not touched her, then the wife has become irrevocably divorced (baynunah kubra), and she is not lawful for him until her waiting period ends and she marries another husband in a marriage of genuine desire, and then he divorces her or dies.

As for repeating divorce during the waiting period before a رجعة (revocation) occurs, there is a difference of opinion, and the soundest view is that it does not count unless he has taken her back.

If he did not take her back after the second divorce, but rather pronounced four implicit divorces while she was still in her waiting period, then this is where the discussion about the non-occurrence of divorce during the waiting period before revocation applies. In this case, you have the right to take her back if this last divorce did not count.

The enquirer is advised to fear Allah and not transgress His limits. He should consult someone he trusts in their knowledge and piety if the matter is unclear to him, and avoid using divorce to solve marital problems.

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