Talaq Baain Query
| Fatwa #2463 | Category: Marriage & Divorce | Country: South Africa | Date: 4th November 2026 |
| Fatwa #2463 | Date: 4th November 2026 |
| Category: Marriage & Divorce | |
| Country: South Africa | |
Question
To whom it may concern .
my husband has a tendency to become angry and say stuff like pack your things and go to your house .
this time in his anger he said if you speak like that next time I will divorce you and you can go packing to your fathers .
does this count of divorce ?
what’s the status .
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Statements such as ‘pack your things’ and ‘go to your house’ are considered to be unclear words of divorce. As such, in order for a Talaq to occur, it is necessary that the husband clearly intended divorce when he uttered these words.
As for the statement, ‘next time I will divorce you and you can go…’, then it is in the future tense. Therefore, no divorce occurs through it.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia