It is not forbidden for a woman during the `Iddah of a revocable divorce to wear adornment, perfume, jewellery and other things that are forbidden to the woman who is observing `Iddah after the death of her husband. Rather, what is forbidden to her is going out of her husband’s house. Going out with men and speaking to them is forbidden in all cases.

The jurists differed as to whether the divorce of a menstruating woman counts as such or not. The majority are of the view that it does count as such, but there is a group of scholars who say that it does not, and this is the view reflected in the Fatwas of many contemporary jurists such as Shaykh Ibn Baz.