The ‘idda of khul‘ is three menstruations

Question

Question: A talaq was arranged between a husband and wife: there had been a dispute between them for a long time, the wife had been in her husband’s house for a long time, and in the end a khul‘ was arranged. An ‘alim, after letting thirty-one days pass, that is, after one month and one day, performed a second nikah.

Answer

The essence of the matter is what is in the Holy Qur’an. If two meanings emerge from some hadith — one in accordance with the Holy Qur’an and the other contrary to the Holy Qur’an — it is a fundamental principle that the meaning which accords with the Holy Qur’an should be adopted, so that there is no contradiction or conflict between the speech of Allah Most High and that of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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