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Iddah Support: maintenance and housing

What is a woman owed during iddah? Choose how the marriage ended to see her rights to maintenance (nafaqa) and housing under Hanafi fiqh.

Also written nafaqa, iddat kharcha · Urdu: عدت کا نفقہ

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Educational guidance based on Hanafi fiqh, not a fatwa. For your own situation, please consult a qualified scholar. Disclaimer.

Iddah Support: common questions

Is maintenance owed after an irrevocable divorce?

Yes, in the Hanafi school: maintenance and housing are owed for the whole iddah after both revocable and irrevocable divorce, as long as she observes the iddah in the home he provides.

Is maintenance owed after khula?

Yes, unless she agreed in the khula to give it up. Housing remains her right either way.

Does a widow get maintenance during iddah?

No. Instead she inherits (a quarter if he had no children, an eighth if he did), and any unpaid mahr is paid from the estate first.

Can her former husband make her leave the house during iddah?

No. She observes the iddah in the marital home, with proper separation if the divorce was irrevocable.

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Guides for this calculator

IddahIddah: how long it lasts, where it is spent and what it requiresThe Hanafi rulings of iddah (iddat): three periods, three months or until birth after divorce; four months and ten days after a husband's death; maintenance, mourning and leaving the home.NifasBleeding after a miscarriage: nifas, haiz or istihaza?Whether bleeding after a miscarriage is nifas depends on whether any of the baby's features had formed. The Hanafi ruling, when to pray, and what to do if unsure.PubertyPuberty in Islam: when a girl becomes balighThe Hanafi signs of puberty for girls (first period, wet dream, pregnancy), the 9 and 15 lunar-year ages, and which obligations begin at bulugh.Istihaza & ma'zurHaiz, istihaza and nifas: what is the difference?Haiz is menstruation, nifas is bleeding after birth and istihaza is everything else. The limits, rulings for prayer, fasting and intimacy, side by side.
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