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A Sunni Muslim performs marriage during the period of 'Iddat'; the marriage is

Under Sunni law, a marriage contracted with a woman undergoing iddat is irregular (fasid), not void. The bar is temporary and ends with the iddat, and such a marriage can be…

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A Sunni Muslim performs marriage during the period of 'Iddat'; the marriage is

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Under Sunni law, a marriage contracted with a woman undergoing iddat is irregular (fasid), not void. The bar is temporary and ends with the iddat, and such a marriage can be regularised.

Under Shia law, such a marriage is void. It is not voidable, a category Muslim law does not use.

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