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Talaq (Divorce)July 30, 2022 · Ref. 74I4Z1TJ

Divorce query

Question

Assalamualaikum. Muftiyankiram , please highlight the outcome of such a letter  please, jazakumullahukhairan

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In the aforementioned agreement, the statement: “if either party announces verbally or in writing that they are running away leaving either of them, then the marriage will end”is merely a promise to divorce. A promise of divorcedoes not constitute a Talāq (divorce) in Sharī‘ah.[i]Accordingly, as long as the husband Ali does not explicitly issue a Talāq(divorce), the marriage will remain intact.

الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (ص: 216)[i]طلقي نفسك فقالت أنا طالق أو أنا أطلق نفسي لم يقع لانه وعد
الفتاوى الهندية (1/ 384)
في المحيط لو قال بالعربية أطلق لا يكون طلاقا
المبسوط للسرخسي (6/ 184)
(قَالَ): وَإِذَا قَالَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ لِزَوْجِهَا: إنْ طَلَّقْتَنِي ثَلَاثًا فَلَكَ عَلَيَّ أَلْفُ دِرْهَمٍ، فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ سَأُطَلِّقُك، فَلَا شَيْءَ لَهُ حَتَّى يَفْعَلَ؛ لِأَنَّهَا الْتَزَمَتْ الْمَالَ بِمُقَابَلَةِ الْإِيقَاعِ دُونَ الْوَعْدِ،
فتاوى دار العلوم ديوبند (ج:10 ص:224)
كتاب النوازل (ج:9 ص:157)
احسن الفتاوى (ج:5 ص:148)

Canadian Centre for Islamic Research and Iftaa · This answer is provided for general guidance.