If the divorcing couple explicitly refuse compensation, the mukhala ah shall be akin to a straightforward divorce and shall be revocable.

The woman shall show herself and the husband may no longer take back his wife after the period of waiting following revocable divorce is complete.

Such divorce, however, shall be revocable, or, in other words, the husband shall have the right to take his wife back if he returns during the period of waiting.

A revocable divorce shall not terminate a marriage and the husband may take back his divorced wife during the period of waiting by word or deed, a right which shall not be abrogated.

Such separation shall be a revocable divorce. If the absent husband returns or is released from prison and the woman is in the period of waiting, he shall have the right to take her back.

If he still fails to provide maintenance, the cadi shall grant a separation, which shall be revocable if the husband proves that he is solvent and ready to provide maintenance during the period of waiting.

If the husband dies while the woman is in the period of waiting which follows revocable divorce, she shall move into the period of waiting which follows death and the period already spent shall not be discounted.

However, a suggestion was made to include language that would ensure that a declaration not to apply the draft protocol in the event of a natural disaster be of limited duration and revocable in the event a risky situation developed.

A separation granted by a cadi on the ground of failure to provide maintenance, shall be revocable and the husband may take his wife back during the period of waiting, provided that he proves his solvency and his readiness to provide maintenance.