Does “don’t call me husband anymore” break the marriage?
QUESTION:
Recently, my father said “don’t call me husband anymore” to my mother. He said this out of extreme anger. They have been married for around 20 years now and since the beginning they have always been fighting. During the conversation of anger my father also said comments like “don’t talk to me” and “file for divorce”. My question is was talaq issued? If so, how is it possible to reverse the talaq?
ANSWER:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
If he did not intend an actual divorce, then there will be no divorce. [1]
Nevertheless, if he had made the intention of divorce, then an irrevocable divorce (At-talaq l-ba’in) will occur [2]. In this case, your father may reunite with your mother only after exchanging vows again (re-marrying) in the presence of at least two male adults or one male and two female adults. [3]
And Allah Ta’ālā Knows Best.
Tanweer Hussain
Concurred by:
Hanif Yusuf | Mubasshir Talha | Zayd Imran
References
[1]
الكنايات لا يقع الطلاق بها الا بالنية
[Al-Hidāyah, 2/100, Maktabah al-Bushrā]
الكنايات لا يقع بها الطلاق الا بالنية أو بدلالة حال
[Al-Fatāwā al-Hindiyyah, 1/442, Dār al-Fikr]
[2]
الكنايات التي هي بوائن اذا نوى بها الزوج الطلاق كان طلاقا بائنا ... لأن هذه الألفاظ تحتمل ايجاب الحرمة فصار هذه الألفاظ بمنزلة قوله أنت علي حرام
[Al-Muhīt al-Burhānī, 4/436, Idārah al-Qur’ān]
وان نوى واحدة فواحدة بائنة, وان نوى الثلاث يقع لأن البينونة نوعان حقيقة تحتمل الوصل, وهي التي ترتفع بتجديد العقد, وغليظة لا تحتمل الوصل, وهي التي لا ترتفع الا بتزويج بزوج آخر, واللفظ يحملهما, وأيهما نوى صح, وان نوى ثنتين تقع واحدة
[Al-Muhīt al-Radhawī, 3/225, Dār al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah]
غصہ کي حالت ميں بھي طلاق واقع ہو جاتی ہے
[Kitāb al-Nawāzil, 9/200, Maktabah Jawed]
[3]
واذا كان الطلاق بائنا دون الثلاث فله ان يتزوجها في العدة وبعد انقضائها
[Al-Hidāyah, 2/132, Maktabah al-Bushrā]
وينكح مبانته بما دون الثلاث في العدة وبعدها بالإجماع
[Radd al-Muhtār, 3/409, H.M.Saeed]
طلاق بائن ميں مرد کو رجوع کا اختيار نہيں رہتا، اب از سر نو نکاح کرنا ہوگا
[Fatāwā Deeniyyah, 3/411, Delhi]
وقال محمد: بلغنا عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: لا نكاح الا بشهود. واذا تزوج الرجل بشهادة شاهدين فهو جائز الخ ولا بأس بأن يتزوجها بشهادة رجل وامرأتين
[Al-Asl, 10/209, Dār Ibn Hazm]
ولا ينعقد نكاح المسلمين الا بحضور شاهدين حرين عاقلين بالغين مسلمين, رجلين أو رجل وامرأتين
[Al-Hidāyah, 2/8, Maktabah al-Bushrā]
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Posted in Nikah & Talaq (Marriage & Divorce) on 8th Dec 2022 by Our Imam | 431 Views
