Is a reversion to Islam with the intention of the validity of the return for the husband's infallibility considered incorrect? Does it contradict the condition of sincerity in repentance and the pronouncement of the Two Testimonies? What is the ruling on repentance and the Two Testimonies with this intention? Is this reversion to Islam valid? What is Ibn Taymiyyah's view that the apostasy of one spouse does not necessitate the dissolution of the marriage?
If an apostate woman returns to Islam genuinely by uttering the two testimonies of faith (Shahadatain) and intending repentance, then the rulings of Islam apply to her, and her return to her husband's marital bond is valid. The majority of jurists hold that if an apostate returns to Islam during her iddah (waiting period), the marital bond remains between them based on the initial marriage. As for the divorce pronounced by the husband during the wife's apostasy, it is suspended. If the apostate wife returns to Islam during her iddah, the divorce is considered effective; otherwise, it is not. One must be wary of apostasy due to its grave danger, as its perpetrator loses both their religion and their worldly life, their deeds are nullified, and they become deserving of the execution of the apostasy punishment.
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