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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 216 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If a Muslim husband apostatizes from Islam, and his apostasy is from innate Islam, his wife shall become separated from him immediately and shall observe the waiting period of a woman whose husband has died: four months and ten days.
Arabic original
إذا أرتد الزوج المسلم عن الإسلام، فإن كان ارتداده عن فطرة، فإن زوجتـه تـبـيـن منه حالا، وتعتد منه عدة من توفى عنها زوجها ، أربعة أشهر وعشرة أيام.

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