Question Summary: Does responding with yes or Ok to a divorce thought constitute divorce? Question Detail:
Does responding with yes or Ok to a divorce thought constitute divorce? for example one has a thought that if i did a specific thing or said a specific word it will mean divorce to me. And he say ok or Yes.
Answer :
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. The mere thought of divorce does not constitute divorce .[1] Furthermore, it is necessary for the words of divorce to be uttered or directed at one’s wife intentionally. [2] In the enquired situation divorce does not take place. And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best Arshad Ali Student Darul Iftaa Trinidad Checked and Approved by, Mufti Ebrahim Desai. http://www.daruliftaa.net/
[1] حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح (ص: 219)
لو أجرى الطلاق على قلبه وحرك لسانه من غير تلفظ يسمع لا يقع
[2] البحر الرائق - ث (3/ 278)
وأماما في فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ وَلَا بُدَّ من الْقَصْدِ بِالْخِطَابِ بِلَفْظِ الطَّلَاقِ عَالِمًا بِمَعْنَاهُ أو النِّسْبَةِ إلَى الْغَائِبَةِ كما يُفِيدُهُ فُرُوعٌ
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