If a woman’s husband becomes apostates (leaves prayers, drinks, fornicates, says statements disrespectful to Allah, the Prophet, the Holy Book), is the marriage immediately annulled after observing iddah? Or does the husband have to proclaim his apostasy to a judge first? Additionally, he had left her for far more than four months to be with other women in haram relationships.
If because of this, the woman was under impression that her marriage has been annulled and therefore has relations within temporary marriage with another man, would this still be zina even though her husband apostated? Can the woman marry this second man permanently as her new husband?
Please not that her first husband’s apostasy has been verbally confirmed to the wife both during the time of the marriage and after khula.