Question Summary:
“I give you divorce, I divorce you, I divorce you.” Has talaq occurred?

Question Detail:

Due to issues with my relatives, 2 years back my wife showed her wish to get divorce from me and she was to stay at her mother home to meet them. I told her to think for 1 week and then tell me your decision. After 2 days she told me that I have analyzed every thing and that state of mind was just in anger. She told me that ups and down are in the life of every one and she cannot live without me and we are happily married with 2 kids from last 10 years. She has a low temperament and starts shouting.

Answer :

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

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

You said to your wife, “I give you divorce, I divorce you, I divorce you.”

This statement constitutes a talaaq-mughalladhah (an irrevocable divorce). A talaaq-mughalladhah demands immediate separation between the spouses. Reconciliation can only take place after halalah with a renewed nikah.^[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mizanur Rahman

Student, Darul Iftaa

UK

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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^[1] الأصل للشيباني ط قطر، أبو عبد الله محمد بن الحسن بن فرقد الشيبان (المتوفى: 189هـ)، دار ابن حزم، بيروت، لبنان (4/ 392)

وبلغنا عن رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أنه إذا طلق الرجل امرأته ثلاثاً فتزوجت زوجاً غيره أنها لا تحل للأول حتى يدخل بها الثاني ثم يطلقها

 الأحكام الشرعية في الأحوال الشخصية، محمد قدري باشا (المتوفي: 1404هـ)، دار ابن حزم، بيروت، لبنان ص: 83

فلا تحل لمطلقتها بعد الثلاث من نكاح صحيح حتى تنكح زوجا غيره ويفارقها بع الوطء في القبل وتنقضي عدتها.

فتاوی محمودیۃ، مفتی محمود حسن گنگوہی (المتوفى:1416هـ)، جامعۃ فاروقيۃ، کراچی، پاکستان (12/397)