The Multan bench of the Lahore High Court has ruled that second marriage without iddat is not illegal and can t be considered zina (adultery). Iddat is the period during which it is incumbent upon a woman, whose marriage has been dissolved by divorce or death, to remain in seclusion for 40 days. At a hearing on Friday, Justice Ali Zia Bajwa clarified that a woman s marriage before the completion of her iddat period would be