Three divorces in one sitting
| Fatwa #1464 | Category: Marriage & Divorce | Country: | Date: 24th April 2025 |
| Fatwa #1464 | Date: 24th April 2025 |
| Category: Marriage & Divorce | |
| Country: | |
Question
How many divorces will occur in the following situation?
I came home at 6am and went to sleep. My wife kept coming to wake me up from 9am. I had told her to only wake me up at noon. Each time she would ask for some money and I told her I do not have, I will sort out later. She kept doing this and I do not know what she would say each time as I was too sleepy. But she kept nagging. I do not remember much of that. In the end, I remember she said, ‘it would be better if you drank poison so that our life would be better’. So I got angry and said ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’.
The wife also acknowledges that the words were uttered thrice.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In the enquired situation, since the husband uttered the words ‘talaq’ thrice, then three divorces have occurred, and the marriage has permanently terminated.[1] You are no longer husband and wife.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Nabeel Valli
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
[1]فتاوى محمودية ج18 ص312 مكتبة محمودية
فتاوى دار العلوم ديوبند ج9 ص245 دار الاشاعت
فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا ج4 ص107 زمزم