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Three Talaqs in anger

Pergunta: Asalamualaikum Molana. I have a question regarding the validity of my nikkah and I would please like your assistance regarding this matter. I am South African and my husband is Mozambican. This year in August we are to be married for 5 years. Within these 5 years we have been separated about 3 or 4 times ranging from a couple of months to over a year. During this separation period, I remained in South Africa and him in Mozambique. The first time we separated he gave me one talak. The second time he did not give me talak but we stayed months about without communicating. After this period we got back together and he then gave me three talaks at once and we were apart for a very long time again. We then got back together and I mentioned to him that our Nikkah is no longer valid and that we cannot be together. Upon hearing this, he contacted a Molana and the Molana stated that it would be counted as 1 talak because he mentioned it in a state of anger. We have been together ever since and on the 11th of April I returned to South Africa with our 3 year old daughter and I have avoided contact with him due to various reasons. I would like to know, considering all that I have mentioned if our Nikkah is still valid or not? Jazakallah.

Resposta:

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

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

The three Talaaqs issued by a husband in one sitting in a state of anger constitute Talaaq-e-Mugallazah (a permanently irrevocable divorce) if he knows what he is saying and his anger did not reach a point of insanity.

This form of divorce demands immediate separation between the spouses.

The following two verses of the noble Quran indicate that the Nikah is dissolved after the issuance of three divorces. Allah, the Most High, states:

الطَّلاَقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْريح بِإِحْسَانٍ وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَأْخُذُواْ مِمَّا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ أَن يَخَافَا أَلاَّ يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلاَّ يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا افْتَدَتْ بِهِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلاَ تَعْتَدُوهَا وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ . فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِن بَعْدُ حَتَّىَ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يَتَرَاجَعَا إِن ظَنَّا أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation: The divorce is twice. Thereafter, either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness. And it is not lawful for you (men) to take back (from your wives) any of your Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) which you have given them, except if both parties fear that they would be unable to maintain the limits ordained by Allah. If you fear that they would not be able to keep the limits ordained by Allah, then there is no sin on either of them if she gives back (the Mahr or a part of it for her divorce). These are the limits ordained by Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits ordained by Allah, then such are the zalimun (wrong-doers, etc.). And if he has divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him until she has married another husband. Then, if the other husband divorces her, there will be no sin on both of them if they reunite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allah. These are the limits of Allah, which He makes plain for the people who have knowledge.

Also, consider the following;

عن ابن عباس قال سأله رجل فقال إن عمي طلق امرأته ثلاثا قال إن عمك عصى الله فأندمه وأطاع الشيطان فلم يجعل له مخرجا قال كيف ترى في رجل يحلها له قال من يخادع الله يخدعه

Translation: A person said to Ibn Abbas Radiyallahu Anhu; Verily my uncle issued three divorces to his wife. Ibn Abbas Radiyallahu Anhu replied; Verily your uncle disobeyed Allah and obeyed the devil; hence, Allah caused him to regret and has not made a way out for him. The person asked; What do you think of a person who will pass the verdict that the wife is permissible for him. Ibn Abbas Radiyallahu Anhu replied; Whoever (intends to) deceive Allah, Allah will deceive him. Musannaf Abdur Razzaq

سئل عمران بن حصين عن رجل طلق امرأته ثلاثا في مجلس ؟ قال : أثم بربه ، وحرمت عليه امرأته

Translation: Imran ibn Husain Radiyallahu Anhu was questioned about a person who divorces his wife thrice in one sitting. He replied, He has disobeyed his lord and his wife is haram on him. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

However, if a husband issues Talaaq in a state of such anger that he has become insane and doesn’t know what he is saying or doing and is not in control of himself then Talaaq will not be valid.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Mahomed Yasser Iunus Hussen

14 of Zul-Qa´dah 1446

13 of May 2025

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