Explanation:

1. Cohabitation becomes illegal • After the dissolution is effective, matrimonial intercourse between the parties become unlawful. Nevertheless, the parties may, in certain circumstances, lawfully remarry.
2. Iddat • The wife is required to observe an Iddat of three lunar months after the divorce or, • If pregnant, till the delivery of the child. • However, if the divorce takes place before consummation, the wife need not observe Iddat.
3. Fresh Marriage • Where the marriage was consummated, the wife has to wait till the expiration of her iddat in order to be able to remarry. • The husband, if he has four wives, must wait until the completion of the divorced wife’s idddat. • Where the marriage was not consummated, the parties can marry immediately, without waiting for the expiry of the iddat.
4. Maintenance during Iddat & Dower • During the period of Iddat, the divorced wife is entitled to be maintained by her former husband. • The unpaid dower becomes immediately payable to the divorced wife. Whether the dower is prompt or Deferred.
5. Mutual Rights of Inheritance Ceases • When divorce becomes irrevocable, the mutual rights of inheritance between the spouses cease. • If husband dies after the divorce, the wife is not entitled to inherit his properties. In the same manner if the wife dies, the husband cannot inherit her properties. • But, if the divorce was pronounced during the husband’s death-illness (Marz-ul-Maut), this general rule is not applicable
6. Right to Contract another Marriage • Both the parties are free to contract another marriage with other persons. • Husband can marry another woman immediately after the divorce. • But a divorced wife cannot marry another husband before the expiry of the period of Iddat. • If their marriage had dissolved before the consummation, the wife is also free to contract another marriage immediately after the divorce.
7. Remarriage between the Divorced Couple • There must be a fresh contract of marriage with all the essential formalities including fresh dower. • The divorced wife observes the required Iddat. • When Iddat is completed, the divorced wife contracts a valid marriage with another person and it must be consummated. • The husband either voluntarily divorces the wife or is himself dead and the wife observes Iddat. • Now, after the expiry of this Iddat, the wife may lawfully remarry the former husband.