Question Summary:
Why do the following countries consider three Talaaqs in one sitting as one?

Question Detail:

Why does islamic countries i.e Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Tunisia, Turkey, Syria, Bangladesh, Indonesia ,etc are in the ruling of 3 talaq in one sitting considered as 1. Are the mufti's and ulama from those countries taking the blame for this innovation? For those people given the verdict i.e 3talaq = 1 from their respective islamic courts, will Allah punish them? Whom to be blamed?

Hope you can explain.
 

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

As-salāmu `alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

The official position of the Darul Iftaa is that three divorces issued in one sitting constitute three divorces and not one.
Our view is substantiated by proofs/evidences from Qur’aan and Hadeeth.
Kindly refer to Fatwaa # 17287 at the following link for more details:
http://www.askimam.org/fatwa/fatwa.php?askid=544a5c7a1bdea87eb53cbfb0aa526cc5
 
And Allah knows best.
Ismail Desai
Durban, South Africa
Student DarulIftaa

Checked and Approved
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Daaruliftaa.net