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Issuing civil divorce in non-Muslim country
Assalaamu alaykum. A friend of mine has the following question. He married according to Islam with a valid marriage, but he lives in a non-Muslim country and also went to the goverment to register the marriage. After doing this and paying 400 euros to the goverment, the problems began. They decided to end the official marriage because of the problems.. More
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‘Let us part’ is not explicit wording of divorce
Dear Brother/Sister, while reading some fatawa online, I came across Dr Zakir Naik's statement below:
There are five types of divorce in Islam – The first type is by unilateral… by unilateral agreement, between the husband and wife – Both may say… ‘Okay, we are not compatible… let us part’.
Can you explain this type of divorce. In.. More
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Authorizing wife to issue divorce
Dear Brother/Sister. Assalaamu alaykum. I came across some articles in which it says that a man can give the right of divorce to his wife. Does that mean that if a man tells his wife during a fight: if you want to leave, then go, and, on the spot, since the wife is angry, she says, "Yes, I am leaving you," this counts as a divorce? Thank you for explaining.
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Resorting to civil court for divorce
I have a question regarding divorce in Islam while living in the USA. I separated from my wife due to some domestic issues that took place between us 10 months ago. While separated, I decided to divorce my wife due to the gravity of issues. As I did not want to utter the word Talaaq (divorce), I hired an attorney to do the job for me in compliance with.. More
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Formats of divorce in Urdu
Assalaamu alaykum, Sheikh. In pakistani culture, if the husband says, 'I divorce you', it would count as a divorce no matter what his intentions were. However, if a husband did not pronouce the word Talaaq (divorce) completely, like for example, he said 'Talaa' or 'Talq' (skipping the letter Alif) instead, would that still count as a divorce? If he.. More
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Says to his wife that he is her worst enemy
Dear Brother/Sister, assalaamu alaykum. Can you let me know whether the following is allowed or not: A husband telling his wife that he is her worst enemy; whenever they fight, he reminds his wife about enmity. Is there a link between doing this and divorce? Thank you.
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Case of delegated divorce to the wife
Assalaamu alaykum. I got married with a boy in court without permission of my Wali (legal guardian), but consummation did not take place, nor have we been alone by ourselves. Also, the right of divorce was given to bride for the rest of her life at the time of the ceremony. After three days, due to some problems, the boy called me and said on the phone,.. More
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Authorizing wife to divorce herself does not cancel husband's right to divorce her
Assalaamu alaykum. We got married in the presence of two witnesses only, without a legal guardian and judge. The ceremony was done in the presence of witnesses along with the decided bridal gift. After some months, my husband gave me a first divorce in a message, but we later came back to each other. Soon after that, my husband started saying that from.. More
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Idle statements about divorce do not lead to actual divorce
Assalamu alaykum. A brother was witnessing two friends argue on an Islamic issue without knowledge. He became very frustrated after not being able to stop them and blurted out that if one of them had been his wife, he would have divorce her. Does this affect his actual marriage? May Allaah reward you.
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Case of triple divorce in one statement
Once, my husband divorced me, then, the same night, we slept together like husband and wife. The very next morning, he send me to my brother's home. After more then a month, he sent me a text message saying, "I divorced you, I divorced you, I divorced you." However, I did not read those messages until 10 days later. He send me voice messages saying,.. More
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Intention of husband is what determines number of divorces
Assalaamu alaykum. If a husband pronounced the Talaaq (divorce) one time and then pronounced the Talaaq two times together after one year in anger. Will this be considered as three instances of Talaaq? Furthermore, the couple does not know the ruling, one year after the incident, the wife came to know from a friend that the Talaaq will be considered.. More
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Promise of divorce is not effective divorce
I told my husband that if he gets married a second time or touches any other girl with bad intentions then I would be divorced automatically. He agreed to this and repeated the words and even added that if he chats with other girls, then I would also be divorced. I told him that by saying this, divorce would take place (if the condition was to be fulfilled)... More
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Imaam Ahmad's view on triple divorce
Assalaamu alaykum. There is a quote by Ibn Taymiyah that circulates on internet and claims that he said that Imam Ahmad changed his verdicts on the triple divorce at a time: Ibn Taymiyah said:
“Imam Ahmed used to consider combining three divorces permissible, then he retracted from that and said, '(When) I contemplated over the Quran, I found the.. More
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Getting civil divorce while retaining marriage
My wife and I are married according to Islam and also according to civil law in a non-Muslim country. They are causing problems for us, so we decided to divorce according to civil law and stay married in Islam. We wrote and sent the divorce papers to the goverment and companies with the intention to not divorce in Islam. Two months have past, and I.. More
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Saying to one's wife 'You do not have any rights on me'
Dear Brother/Sister. Assalaamu alaykum. If a man says to his wife, 'You do not have any rights on me,' does it count as divorce?
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