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Q 4: A woman was forced by her father to marry a man she did not love. She lived with this husband for three years, during which she never allowed him to have sexual relations with her. He finally forgave and divorced her. Must she observe `Iddah (woman's prescribed waiting period after divorce)?

(Part No. 20; Page No. 416) A: If the case is as you have mentioned, that the divorce took place while living with him in his house, she must observe the `Iddah of a divorced woman. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions.