Fatwa ID: 05476

Answered by: Maulana Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

Question:

I have lots of waswasa regarding talaq. One day I was bathing. I was thinking that I have no idea about when a man give talaq to heart and I gave talaq in the heart. (Imagine only) I went to qazi Sahab and tell him I gave the talaq (perhaps talk to myself). I am not realizing what I am saying that. But I had thought if he ask me how to give talaq then I say in my heart.

Does it count talaq?

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

Answer:

Divorce occurs when a person utters or writes words that clearly mean he is currently giving a divorce or utters words that imply divorce while intending those words to mean divorce.[1]

What occurs in a person mind or heart alone without expressing it does not lead to divorce so in your case divorce does not occur.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] Qudoori, page 602, Maktabul Bushra print

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