Fatwa ID: 09492
Answered by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah
Question:
Salam , few years ago I moved out of the house for about 12 months , in the time I joined muzmatch as it was looking like me and the Mrs would end up divorced , and on the profile I lied that I was divorce, but somehow me and the Mrs got back together , but since being back it’s bothering me if me lying on the profile instigated a divorcee ,
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Lying on a marriage profile that you had divorced your wife in the past would not be considered as an issuance of divorce.
A false confession of a divorce in the past will be considered a lie and not an issuance of divorce.[1] Therefore, no divorces will have occurred in your situation.
Since you were discussing a (false) divorce in the past, it will be assumed that you used the normal words of a past confession and not present tense wordings which indicate an actual issuance.[2] You should discard any doubts regarding this matter.[2]
Keep in mind that lying is a serious matter, and honesty is an important quality in Islam.[3]
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar with Allah.” [Sahih Muslim 2607c] [3]
You should repent sincerely for lying on your marriage profile and make a firm intention to never repeat such lies.[4]
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
[1]
لَوْ أُكْرِهَ عَلَى أَنْ يُقِرَّ بِالطَّلَاقِ فَأَقَرَّ لَا يَقَعُ، كَمَا لَوْ أَقَرَّ بِالطَّلَاقِ هَازِلًا أَوْ كَاذِبًا فَقَالَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَإِنَّ مُرَادَهُ لِعَدَمِ الْوُقُوعِ فِي الْمُشَبَّهِ بِهِ عَدَمُهُ دِيَانَةً، ثُمَّ نَقَلَ عَنْ الْبَزَّازِيَّةِ وَالْقُنْيَةِ لَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ الْخَبَرَ عَنْ الْمَاضِي كَذِبًا لَا يَقَعُ دِيَانَةً، وَإِنْ أَشْهَدَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لَا يَقَعُ قَضَاءً أَيْضًا. اهـ. وَيُمْكِنُ حَمْلُ مَا فِي الْخَانِيَّةِ عَلَى مَا إذَا أَشْهَدَ أَنَّهُ يُقِرُّ بِالطَّلَاقِ هَازِلًا ثُمَّ لَا يَخْفَى أَنَّ مَا مَرَّ عَنْ الْخُلَاصَةِ إنَّمَا هُوَ فِيمَا لَوْ أَنْشَأَ الطَّلَاقَ هَازِلًا. وَمَا فِي الْخَانِيَّةِ فِيمَا لَوْ أَقَرَّ بِهِ هَازِلًا فَلَا مُنَافَاةَ بَيْنَهُمَا. قَالَ فِي التَّلْوِيحِ: وَكَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا يَبْطُلُ الْإِقْرَارُ بِالطَّلَاقِ وَالْعَتَاقِ مُكْرَهًا كَذَلِكَ يَبْطُلُ الْإِقْرَارُ بِهِمَا هَازِلًا، لِأَنَّ الْهَزْلَ دَلِيلُ الْكَذِبِ كَالْإِكْرَاهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ أَجَازَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَجُزْ لِأَنَّ الْإِجَازَةَ إنَّمَا تَلْحَقُ سَبَبًا مُنْعَقِدًا يَحْتَمِلُ الصِّحَّةَ وَالْبُطْلَانَ، وَبِالْإِجَازَةِ لَا يَصِيرُ الْكَذِبُ صِدْقًا
Radd Al-Muhtaar (Halabi ed., Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.3 p.238
[2]
لَا عِبۡرَةَ لِلتَّوَهُّم
Al-Qawaaid Al-Fiqhiyyah (Daar Al-Tirmidy ed.) p.25
[3]
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَوَكِيعٌ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا ” .
Sahih Muslim (https://sunnah.com) b.45, no.136 (2607c)
[4]
يَكْفِيه فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى التَّوْبَةُ، وَالْإِنَابَةُ
Kitab Al-Bahr Al-Raa’iq (Daar Al-Kutub Al-Islaamiyyah, https://shamela.ws) v.5 p.5