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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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Metaphor of divorce leads to divorce if husband intended divorce
Asalaamu Alaykum. I would like to know whether the following could be a divorce. We were having an argument, and my husband told me to take my car keys and go to my parents' home. I got mad because when we previouslyhad arguments, he told me many times go to my parents home (but he never intended divorce), and had he said that he would not tell me to.. More
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Wisdom behind prohibiting divorce during menstruation
Assalaamu alaykum. Please do not cite other fatwas. Why does the divorce of a woman who is menstruating not count? What is the wisdom behind it? Is the husband required to divorce her after her menses end?
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Not every expression is metaphor of divorce
Assalaamu alaykum. I heard somewhere that the noble prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,got married to a woman and that when he wanted to approach her, she sought refuge in Allaah and he then left her, does this mean that pronouncing Isti'aadhah (seeking refuge with Allaah)is a Kinaayah (metaphor)for divorce? Secondly, a brother made a supplication.. More
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Husband denies divorcing wife three times
What is the ruling if my husband divorced me three times and then rejected that. There are also two witnesses who also deny it. Many muftis say that I am neither allowed to live with my husband nor to marry someone else until he accepts the divorce. What do you say about this?
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Not metaphors of divorce
Please, is any of these four statements a Kinaayah (metaphor)for divorce:
- Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy
- Recompense me for that and replace it for me with something better
- O Allah, recompense me for that and replace it for me with something better
- O Allah, recompense me with something better?
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Expressions that authorize wife to issue divorce
Assalamu alaykum, Shaykh. I have already written you a query but I could not write my query completely. My query was the following: what if husband always previously said that he cannot give his wife a divorce but that whenever she wants, she always has the right to get a divorce or a Khul' (divorce requested by the wife and for which she returns the.. More
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Divorce does not take place by merely signing divorce papers
Assalaamu alaykum. I seek your advice to, if at all possible, save my marriage. In Q3 2014, I got married to my wife, who was actually my parents' choice, but we both really fell in love with each other. Then my parents started to resent her, said that she has an attitude, is not good with house chores, and is too weak to lead a life and things like.. More
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Repetition of divorce in present tense
Shaykh, I sent a query, but you referred to other fatwas. I wanted to ask about two different things, Shaykh. Three years ago, in an argument, I asked my husband for a divorce. He said, Since I thought that he had to say it three times, I said, “Say it, why did you stop?”Then again said,“I divorce you,”twice. Then I started crying. After some.. More
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New Muslim woman marrying Muslim man without calling her Christian husband to Islam
I was married to a Christian man and started an online friendship with a Muslim man. The Muslim man introduced me to Islam, and I converted to Islam, praise be to Allaah. My Muslim friend said that I was now single and unmarried. I told my Christian husband that I wanted to divorce but never gave him an opportunity to convert to Islam in order to try.. More
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Her husband forgot his intention when he uttered a metaphorical divorce
Thank you respected Shaykhto allow me to ask my query again. Is it a divorce? We had an argument, then the next day, my husband was mad so we had another arguement, and in this verbal fight, he said, "Leave the room or I will say the word." I said, "I will not leave." Then he said many times while arguing, "Leave the room or I will say (it)," but I.. More
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