Fatwa

Woman uttering words of Talaq

Question

If a woman says before marriage, “I am divorced after marriage as many times as my husband gives me the right,” will she get divorced after marriage if her husband gives her the right to divorce after marriage?

If woman says before marriage, “I am divorced if my husband gives me the right to divorce after nikah”, will she be divorced after nikah if her husband gives her the right to talaq?

If she says before nikah, “I will not do this act, if I do it, after nikah, I am divorced if my husband gives me the right”, now if she does the said act, if her husband gives her the right aft nikah, will talaq occur aft nikah?

Is there any statement for women before marriage, if she says those, she is divorced after marriage?

please answer according to hanafi fiqh

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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

The words the woman utters before marriage or before being given an option to be divorced have no bearing on the situation. Accordingly, no divorce occurs in any of the instances mentioned in the query.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Bilal Pandor

Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia

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