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Under Sunni Muslim law, a marriage with a woman before completion of her iddat is:

Under Sunni law, the prohibition on marrying a woman undergoing iddat is temporary, so such a marriage is "Irregular" (fasid) rather than void. The Supreme Court adopted…

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Under Sunni Muslim law, a marriage with a woman before completion of her iddat is:

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Under Sunni law, the prohibition on marrying a woman undergoing iddat is temporary, so such a marriage is "Irregular" (fasid) rather than void. The Supreme Court adopted this classification from Mulla in Mohammed Salim v. Shamsudeen; the rule differs among the schools.

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