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  • The statement of a person “Whenever I marry I will divorce”

    I needed to know if this will be considered a never-ending vow of divorce and how one can get out of it by offering Kaffarah etc. If due to some absurd reason if a person X who is single and makes a statement that everytime he gets married then he is divorced or everytime he performs nikaah he is automatically divorced then can he ever get out of such.. More

  • Wife says that her husband has divorced her but he denies that

    one relative of mine got married last year. her married life was full of tension since day one. then after 8 months of marriage the husband decided to go out of the country for employment. not after 3 months of stay outside suddenly one day he called his wife and said i am divorcing you. same time he called the girls father and also his father and told.. More

  • Husband saying to wife 'You are not my wife'

    if a man says to his wife that you are not my wife and says it 3 times without saying the word Talaq or divorce, does the divorce takes place and should the woman leave him?.. More

  • Divorce before consummating marriage is a minor irrevocable divorce

    Asalaamu Alaikum, first i would like to say what a great job you are doing answering everyones questions may allah bless you. My question is i got engaged 2 years ago, to my second cousin, the marriage was without my permission. This guy and my dad both lived in africa and i live in England.My dad thought i knew about the engagement because that is.. More

  • Has doubts about the number of divorces he has delivered

    My family and I have a concern about the number of divorces between the husband and wife. The first time, husband was angry with wife but could not remember the word “talaaq” in Arabic. He asked the wife “ How do you say divorce in Arabic?” The wife didn’t answer because she feared being divorced. The husband asked again “How do you say.. More

  • Different opinions from the same Imaam about the same issue

    As-salaam alay Kum brothers, I recently asked a clarification on my previous question and you just forwarded me two previously issued fatwas instead of answering my specific question. Please DO NOT forward me previous fatwas as I do need specific answer to my question below and those previous fatwas DID NOT answer my concerns. I was asking that why.. More

  • Husband says to his first wife 'I divorce my second wife'

    A man has 2 wives. He says to the first wife I divorce her meaning he gives a divorce to the second wife. One else hears him say this except for the first wife and himself. The second wife lives in another country and the husband only sees her for a couple of weeks a year. The man has never told second wife he said these words about her. The man.. More

  • Saying to one's wife 'Our marriage is over' implies three Talaaqs

    Assalamu Alaikum Mufti Saheb, please help me. Am very troubled and need your urgent attention and guidance. Last year in April 2005, during argument with my wife I said to her "Am divorcing you; and I have given you talaaq." I went out of the house and later phoned her. She said to come home. I said: "Am not coming home. Its over, its finished (meaning.. More

  • Intended divorce in the future and then changed his mind

    As-salaam o alay kum wa rahmat Allah, I recently read about implied divorce in Islam. I needed to clarify that will this be counted as an implied divorce if a person X made an implied statement to his wife such as "go to your parents" or "get out of my life" while he was angry and at the time of making that statement his intention was that he will divorce.. More

  • Not knowing the ruling of divorce does not have any effect on it

    What is the ruling in cases where a man uttered words of divorce but did not know that it will cause divorce? This is the exact situation. A boy grew up in Pakistan and saw something in a TV play where a man give his wife three talaaq. Even other times throughout his younger days he read different places that divorce is given out by saying talaq words.. More

  • Husband authorizing his wife to divorce herself

    Dear Sir, Assalam u alaikum i have a small clarification, Please inform me that if the husband and wife live in different cities due to their jobs and the husband has given the right to wife for divorce at the time of nikah meaning she can also give talaq when ever she wants to, the husband and wife fight and the wife gave one talaq to husband by sms.. More

  • Divorcing a twice-divorced wife after her waiting period

    Salaam brothers, I have two quick questions in relation to divorce in Islam. 1. If a man pronounces third divorce on a woman who has been divorced twice previously and her second divorce iddah period is ALREADY expired (so she is no longer his wife as he did not take her back within iddah) than is this third divorce pronouncement counted against him.. More

  • Her husband divorced her three times during her menses

    I am married for 4 years and have 1 son, my husband divorced me 3 times after a big fight, I was in the state of my monthly period. After that my husband felt sorry and repented. He contacted 3 Shareea'h courts and scholars and 2 of them said that you 2 still live together. I also went to one Shareea'h court and Imaam where I live and go to prayer,.. More

  • Said 'my wife is free for ever' unintentionally

    I got married few months ago. I spent 3 weeks with my wife in Karachi and came back to Toronto to resume my job. After few weeks we both got some arguments. I controlled on myself by saying any bad or wrong words to her. As time passes there was something started coming in my mind that I should leave her (means divorce her) and this feeling was.. More

  • Irrevocable divorce signed by husband in front of witnesses

    I sent a question before but actually the answer given to me does not resolve my question. The link was http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/Fatwa/ShowFatwa.php?Id=2105118&Option=QuestionId&lang=E The divorce already happened in front of Shaykh (registrar+2 witness) and a divorce certificate is issued for the third time and after that the husband claims.. More