مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٦٣٧ - SOME PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE RULE OF ILZAM
intercourse takes place with a woman who is a yaisa (menopause) or a
minor, she should observe the waiting period after being divorced, but
this is not necessary among the Shiah. Hence, if a Sunni woman. who is a
yaisa or a minor, is given revocable divorce by her Sunni husband and
she becomes Shiah she can claim subsistence from her Sunni husband for
the waiting period. Similarly if the husband of a Sunni woman becomes
Shiah he can marry her sister etc. without observing her waiting period.
(iv) If a Sunni divorces his wife in the absence of two witnesses or
divorces her on one of the limbs of her body (e.g. on her finger) the
divorce is valid according to Sunni jurisprudence. However, among the
Shiah the divorce is invalid in both the cases. According to the rule of
ilzam, therefore, a Shiah can marry such a divorced woman after the
expiry of her waiting period.
(v) If a Sunni divorces his wife during menses or when she is fee from
menses (and he has had sexual intercourse with her) the divorce is valid
according to the Sunnis. Hence, according to the rule of ilzam, a Shiah
man can marry that woman after the expiry of her waiting period.
(vi) A divorce given under coercion is valid only according to Hanafi
jurisprudence. Hence. according to the rule of ilzam a Shiah can marry a
woman who has been divorced under coercion in the light of Hanafi
jurisprudence.
(vii) If a Sunni takes an oath that if he performs a particular act his
wife will stand divorced. she will stand divorced according to Sunni
jurisprudence in the event of his performing that act, and a Shiah can
marry her. Similarly a written divorce is valid among the Sunnis but
according to Jafariah Jurisprudence divorce cannot take place by
correspondence. Hence, a Shiah on many a Sunni woman. who is divorced in
writing.
(viii) According to Shafai Jurisprudence if a commodity is