RE-MARRIAGE

Re-marriage may take place with the divorcer before or after the completion of the ʿiddah , provided only the first or second sentence of divorce has been pronounced, but it cannot take place after a three-fold divorce until the divorced wife is married to another man and is divorced by him after the second marriage has been consummated. This is both Sunnī and Shīʿah law. ( Tagore Law Lectures .) A widow can marry again at the expiration of four months and ten days after the death of her former husband. There is no restriction as to the period for a widower.