In civil marriages, there's 1 year window of seperation and after that its officially divorced.

After that if the decide to get back together, repeat the whole process again in the registrar of marriage

If the husband talak the wife 1 time, will he be paying her $$$ as compensation?

if kena talak satu/dua then the husband must support the wife until certain period, not remember but i think 3 times period kot...
and the wife can still stay at the husband's house during that time and they even can have secks, legally... but after the period still no rujuk then baru officially divorce.. if talak 3 then ultimate la cannot remarry until the wife got divorce by other husband a.k.a <insert race> buta...

but now ppl divorce then suruh hantar balik kampung...

That is why in Malaysia, you can only officially and legally say "Saya ceraikan kamu dengan talak xxx..." in the divorce court proceeding.

If you do it outside of the court, you can be fined or jailed.

This is called syariah law, the same law that states Bung Mokhtar must be jailed because he married Zizie without court and supposedly his 1st wife's permission.

Also, once you mention talak to her, YOU CANNOT HAVE SEX WITH HER. That /ktard was trolling you....

Technically once your talak has been confirmed by the court, you must live separately in different houses. Originally the wife must stay in the house you live together while you the male must live somewhere, but nowadays most divorcee's rather live somewhere else, like their own personal house or their parents (balik kampung).

Muslimat (female muslims) can ask for divorce, but the power to divorce still resides with the husband.

Supposedly this is to prevent women from getting divorced by the simplest of things, since women are more emotional.

If woman wants a divorce from husband, I think it's termed as fasakh, the woman must compensate the husband (pay him off).

Say the woman mention something like "I want a divorce, I'll pay you RM1 million", if the husband agrees, they can go to court to finalize the divorce, then she can pay him off.
Inb4 syariah lawyer comes and schools /ktards on Islamic law....

Oh ok... thanks.

If the man divorce the woman, he pays her $$$, and if the woman divorce the man, she pays him $$$ as compensation.

similar to civil divorce cases lol.

But if the woman has evidence of the man philandering, abusive, non committal to husband duties etc, then i think she dont need to compensate him right?

Bro, I don't know which understanding is rite now.... 

According to my understanding, if you say "Saya ceraikan kamu", in or outside of court, the cerai talak is official already. She is not your wife any more.

You must live separately. SEPARATELY!

Going to court is just a formality, except that if you got to court after saying cerai, you will be fined as per Malaysian Syariah law.

If you cerai your wife, and later have sexing with her, won't the resulting child be an anak haram because you are no longer husband and wife?

The reason why there's three times is like baseball. 3 strikes, and you're out! Get another man/woman....

Are you sure? What if you force yourself unto your ex-wife? Isn't this rape?

Once talak she is not your wife anymore, remember? 3 month separation is just grace period in case you change your mind during the separation....

Rujuk still have to go back to pejabat agama rite?

Wah, this is ajaran sesat!

When you talak, you are no longer husband and wife la!

Doesn't matter if talak 1 or talak 2, you must live separately!

I found a source that backs me up on this:

iv. Kewajipan tempat tinggal dan nafkah
Nafkah dan tempat tinggal adalah hak perempuan yang wajib diberikan oleh suami.

Mengenai tempat tinggal, iaitu tempat tinggal di mana di mana terjadinya perceraian, samada dengan talak atau kematian.

Suami tidak dibenarkan tinggal serumah dengan bekas isterinya itu atau memasukki tempat di mana bekas isterinya itu berada tanpa membawa bersama mahram. Larangan ini adalah untuk mengelakkan terjadinya khalwat yang sememangnya diharamkan terhadap pasangan ini. Manakala bekas isteri pula wajib menahan atau melarang suami dari melakukan perkara tersebut jika berkemampuan.

On further reaading, what you mention is applicable to Mazhab Hanafi and Maliki but NOT Mazhab Syafie. Since you are from Kuala Terengganu, and Terengganu is in Malaysia, you must be a Muslim who follows Mazhab Syafie.

Ustaz Zaharudin has mentioned that Mazhab Syafie does not allow ruju' via sexing your ex-wife during iddah period.

Rujuk

Menurut bahasa rujuk boleh didefinisikan sebagai kembali. Manakala menurut syarak, ia membawa maksud suami kembali semula kepada isterinya yang diceraikan dengan ikatan pernikahan asal (dalam masa idah) dengan lafaz rujuk.

Hukum rujuk

Hukum  Penjelasan
Wajib  Bagi suami yang menceraikan isterinya yang belum menyempurnakan gilirannya dari isteri-isterinya yang lain
Haram  Suami merujuk isterinya dengan tujuan untuk menyakiti atau memudaratkan isterinya itu
Makruh  Apabila penceraian lebih baik antara suami dan isteri
Harus  Sekirannya rujuk boleh membawa kebaikan bersama


Rukun rujuk
Perkara  Syarat
Suami  Berakal
Baligh
Dengan kerelaan sendiri
Isteri  Telah disetubuhi
Berkeadaan talak raj’i
Bukan dengan talak tiga
Bukan cerai secara khuluk
Masih dalam idah
Lafaz  Ucapan yang jelas menyatakan rujuk
Tiada disyaratkan dengan khiar atau pilihan
Disegerakan tanpa dikaitkan dengan taklik atau bersyarat
Dengan sengaja dan bukan paksaan

[sunting] Contoh lafaz rujuk
[sunting] Lafaz sarih

Lafaz terang dan jelas menunjukkan rujuk. Contoh : “Saya rujuk kembali awak” atau “Saya kembali semula awak sebagai isteri saya.”
[sunting] Lafaz kinayah

Lafaz kiasan atau sindiran. Contoh : “Saya jadikan awak milik saya semula” atau “Saya pegang awak semula”. Lafaz kinayah perlu dengan niat suami untuk merujuk kerana jika dengan niat rujuk, maka jadilah rujuk. Namun jika tiada niat rujuk, maka tidak sahlah rujuknya.

You don't answer the question.

Yes I know, the court thing is just requirement of malaysian syariah law.

Technically in Islam there's not even suppose to be marriage registration (surat daftar nikah), but malaysian syariah law introduce it to prevent things like you getting tangkap khalwat with your wife without proof of marriage.

Going back to the question, that wikipedia page doesn't mention that you can have sex with your ex-wife during iddah period.

I found better explanation in Ustaz Zaharudin's page, I copy pasta the thing for you:

BOLEHKAH RUJU' TANPA MELAFAZ?
Ulama mazhab berbeza fatwa dalam hal ini seperti berikut :-
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Syafie :  Mazhab Syafie menolak ruju' melalui perlakuan tanpa lafaz secara total, sama ada persetubuhan, mahupun permulaannya sebagaimana pandangan Hanafi tadi. Mazhab Syafie berfatwa sebarang persetubuhan pada waktu ‘iddah tanpa lafaz ruju' yang jelas terlebih dahulu adalah haram.

Imam As-Syafie berkata :-

والرد يكون بالكلام دون الفعل من جماع وغيره ; لأنه رد بلا كلام، فلا تثبت رجعة لرجل على امرأته حتى يتكلم بالرجعة، كما لا يكون نكاح ولا طلاق حتى يتكلم بهما، فإذا تكلم بها في العدة ثبتت له الرجعة 
Ertinya : Ruju mestilah dengan percakapan ( lafaz) dan bukannya dengan jima' dan lainnya, kerana tiada ruju' tanpa lafaz, maka tidak sah ruju' bagi seorang lelaki kepada wanita sehinggalah dia melafazkannya, sebagaimana tiada nikah dan talaq yang dibuat tanpa lafaz, maka jika si lelaki melafazkannya (ruju') semasa iddah barulah sah ruju'nya" (Al-Umm)
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Kesimpulan : Apapun pendapat pelbagai mazhab, sebagaimana yang telah saya dedahkan di atas, Malaysia mengambil mazhab Syafie yang mensyaratkan suami MESTI melafazkan ruju' terlebih dahulu secara rasmi. Ia wajar dituruti.

Must one comply with Mazhab Syafie? How about other Mazhab? What does the Quran say about this ar?

All this man made laws, if two people senyap senyap rujuk balik then talak problem kan?

you all talak confuse ya, jangan la gaduh gaduh, talak baik punya.. ok?

Coz i read there about Syafie Fatwa, which is man made.

So i think this is still best go back to Quran lo...

dunno if it has such references.. haha. need Syariah lawyer to tell, but its only applicable in Malaysia. Elsewhere different law i think

You can choose whatever mazhab you like, but in Malaysia, they make it LAW that you must follow Mazhab Syafie.

The problem with two people senyap-senyap cerai and then ruju' balik is the keep-track problem.

How do you keep track? There's a limit of 3 times, if you keep track by yourselves, you will surely cheat on the tracking.

Last sentence is the best, I agree, jangan la gaduh gaduh, talak baik punya.. ok?

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Added on June 17, 2010, 5:49 pm

Last time I checked, there's no Mazhab PVCPipe, so your opinions doesn't count....

If you want to follow Mazhab Maliki/Hanafi/Hanbali, then it's your choice. But then you have to follow it TO THE LETTER.

Also don't come crying in /kopitiam when JAKIM come and arrest you for not following mazhab Syafie.

Of course there's no Mazhab PVCPipe, it's a figure of speech, kalau terasa maknanya terkena....

I corrected you already many time with proof, so why you keep repeating it?

So just because you understand the actual Islamic law, means you can ignore the syariah law?

meaning let's say you are married, one day you talak your wife, outside of court and without any saksi, later after both of you cool down, you have sex with her, so everything back to normal?

What happens when you did this 3 times? Are you still going to say you are still married?

later on you will still need to go to pejabat agama, explain everything, then pejabat agama will slap you with a fine and maybe even declare any children born after the 1st time you mention talak as anak tak sah taraf, how?

byk cakap la korang. ilmu secetek kolam tepi jalan pasal agama nak bincang lebih2 pulak. jgn nak borak2. kang berdosa manusia2 lain salah fhm baca post2 korang.

Don't be like that bro, I was talking about having sex while in iddah period, not about the ruju' to the mahkamah thing.

Of course you can ruju' without going to mahkamah, same as saying talak without going to mahkamah, but then you get into trouble with syariah law, which is the point here.

At least if you say you heard some ceramah where speaker mention that sex during iddah is halal and means that you have ruju', mention the speaker's name lah bro, adds credibility.

I at least linked to Ustaz Zaharudin who even provides the actual Syafie fatwa, so no one can accuse me of making up fatwas and whatnot....

OK bro, I think we cool it down, but hopefully /k can learn something other than hack3line's Freemason conspiracy.....