What is the legal status when a People of the Book (Dhimmi) marries a divorced woman and consummates the marriage, and then the original husband issues three divorces?

Chapter on Marriage of Polytheists

Al-Mughni

Book of Marriage

Book 35 · Issue 4 · Bab 3

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If a Dhimmi marries a woman and consummates the marriage, she becomes permissible for her original husband who had pronounced three divorces, regardless of whether the original husband was a Muslim or a non-believer when he issued the three divorces.