Fatwa ID: 08722

 

 

Answered by: Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

My wife wants to know if our marriage is still valid. About 3 years ago we had a really bad argument and my wife was saying extremely bad things about my mum and dad.

 

As you can imagine was at state where I couldn’t control my words and when I was doing. Out of extreme anger I text her to say she was divorced, I didn’t say it to her face to face. At the time she was away at her mums house and I was at my family home. Since then we have had argument’s but not mentioned such thing.

 

 

 

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

 

 

Answer:

 

The current validity of your marriage will depend on how much time passed between your message of Talaq and reconciling. If you rescinded the divorce and reconciled or had relations with her prior to the completion of her Iddah, i.e. the passing of three periods, then your marriage remains intact, although one Talaq has now occurred [1].

 

If a full Iddah passed prior to you reconciling, then Talaq Ba’in has occurred, meaning you are required to remarry her with a new Nikah and Mahr, and you are not deemed married until you have done so [2].

 

All of this is provided your text message of Talaq was clear in stating that she was divorced. If your wording of divorce was ambiguous, you would be required to remarry regardless of how long passed [3].

 

 

 

References:

 

[1] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 397-398, Darul Fikr:

بَابُ الرَّجْعَةِ بِالْفَتْحِ وَتُكْسَرُ يَتَعَدَّى وَلَا يَتَعَدَّى (هِيَ اسْتِدَامَةُ الْمِلْكِ الْقَائِمِ) بِلَا عِوَضٍ مَا دَامَتْ (فِي الْعِدَّةِ) أَيْ عِدَّةِ الدُّخُولِ حَقِيقَةً

Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 526, Darul Fikr:

إذَا طَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ طَلَاقًا بَائِنًا أَوْ رَجْعِيًّا أَوْ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ وَقَعَتْ الْفُرْقَةُ بَيْنَهُمَا بِغَيْرِ طَلَاقٍ وَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ مِمَّنْ تَحِيضُ فَعِدَّتُهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَقْرَاءٍ سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ الْحُرَّةُ مُسْلِمَةً أَوْ كِتَابِيَّةً

 

[2] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 348, Darul Fikr:

(وَأَمَّا حُكْمُهُ) فَوُقُوعُ الْفُرْقَةِ بِانْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ فِي الرَّجْعِيِّ وَبِدُونِهِ فِي الْبَائِنِ كَذَا فِي فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ. وَزَوَالُ حِلِّ الْمُنَاكَحَةِ مَتَى تَمَّ ثَلَاثًا

 

[3] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 296-297, Darul Fikr:

بَابُ الْكِنَايَاتِ (كِنَايَتُهُ) عِنْدَ الْفُقَهَاءِ (مَا لَمْ يُوضَعْ لَهُ) أَيْ الطَّلَاقِ (وَاحْتَمَلَهُ) وَغَيْرَهُ (فَ) الْكِنَايَاتُ (لَا تَطْلُقُ بِهَا) قَضَاءً (إلَّا بِنِيَّةٍ أَوْ دَلَالَةِ الْحَالِ) وَهِيَ حَالَةُ مُذَاكَرَةِ الطَّلَاقِ أَوْ الْغَضَبِ

Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 3, pg. 296, Darul Fikr:

(قَوْلُهُ مَا لَمْ يُوضَعْ لَهُ إلَخْ) أَيْ بَلْ وُضِعَ لِمَا هُوَ أَعَمُّ مِنْهُ وَمِنْ حُكْمِهِ لِأَنَّ مَا سِوَى الثَّلَاثِ الرَّجْعِيَّةِ الْآتِيَةِ لَمْ يُرِدْ بِهِ الطَّلَاقَ أَصْلًا، بَلْ هُوَ حُكْمُهُ فِي الْبَيْنُونَةِ مِنْ النِّكَاحِ

 

 

Only Allah s.w.t knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham