In a revocable divorce, the husband has the right to take his wife back during the `Iddah period without requiring a new marriage contract, dowry, or the wife’s consent, provided it is not the third divorce. However, this must occur before the `Iddah ends. An irrevocable divorce, particularly the third, permanently ends the marriage. If the woman marries another man in a legitimate and consummated marriage, she may remarry her first husband if the second husband either dies or divorces her.

The reasons why divorce is in the man’s hand are: • The husband is the one in whose hand is the marriage contract, so he is the one in whose hand is the dissolution of this contract. • The husband is in charge of the woman. • The man is more perfect in reason than the woman, and more far-sighted, so you do not see him choosing to divorce unless there is no alternative.

Mut`ah marriage is temporary marriage; it is prohibited and invalid according to the majority of scholars, and it was narrated that there was consensus on its being prohibited, whether it is done with or without a guardian and witnesses.