Fatwa ID: 09408
Answered by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah
Question:
If the husband says to wife “ if you are lying, we will talk about it and then end marriage” and the wife is lying, does that end marriage immediately according to Hanafi fiqh?
The husband will divorce though after speaking to the wife, once he finds out that the wife if lying
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Divorce will not automatically occur with this statement.
A statement such as “if you are lying, we will talk about it and then end marriage” appears to be a threat of issuing a divorce in the future, and so no divorce will occur with this statement. It is not a conditional statement, as the divorce is not attached to the condition of lying.[1] Therefore, no divorce will occur automatically.
Note that statements of divorce are highly dependent on language and culture.[2] You should consult a qualified scholar from your local area regarding the exact words you used, especially if you were not communicating in standard English.
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
[1]
رَبْطُ حُصُولِ مَضْمُونِ جُمْلَةٍ بِحُصُولِ مَضْمُونِ جُمْلَةٍ أُخْرَى
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قَوْلُهُ مِنْ عَلَّقَهُ تَعْلِيقًا) كَذَا فِي الْبَحْرِ. وَالْأَوْلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ: وَهُوَ مَصْدَرُ عَلَّقَهُ جَعَلَهُ مُعَلَّقًا ط: أَيْ لِأَنَّ كَلَامَهُ يُوهِمُ اشْتِقَاقَ الْمَصْدَرِ بَيَانُ الْمَادَّةِ لِإِفَادَةِ أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِهِ لُغَةً مُطْلَقُ التَّعْلِيقِ الشَّامِلِ لِلْحِسِّيِّ وَالْمَعْنَوِيِّ (قَوْلُهُ وَاصْطِلَاحًا رَبْطُ إلَخْ) فَهُوَ خَاصٌّ بِالْمَعْنَوِيِّ وَالْمُرَادُ بِالْجُمْلَةِ الْأُولَى فِي كَلَامِهِ جُمْلَةُ الْجَزَاءِ، وَبِالثَّانِيَةِ جُمْلَةُ الشَّرْطِ، وَبِالْمَضْمُونِ مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الْجُمْلَةُ مِنْ الْمَعْنَى، فَهُوَ فِي مِثْلِ إنْ دَخَلْت الدَّارَ فَأَنْتِ طَالِقٌ رَبَطَ حُصُولَ طَلَاقِهَا بِحُصُولِ دُخُولِهَا الدَّارَ (قَوْلُهُ وَيُسَمَّى يَمِينًا مَجَازًا) لِمَا فِي النَّهْرِ مِنْ أَنَّ التَّعْلِيقَ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ إنَّمَا هُوَ شَرْطٌ وَجَزَاءٌ فَإِطْلَاقُ الْيَمِينِ عَلَيْهِ مَجَازٌ لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ مَعْنَى السَّبَبِيَّةِ
Radd Al-Muhtaar (Halabi ed., Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.3 p.341
[2]
اَلْعَادَةُ مُحَكَّمَةٌ
Al-Qawaaid Al-Fiqhiyyah (Daar Al-Tirmidy ed.) p.46
اَلتَّعْيِيْنُ بِالۡعُرۡفِ كَالتَّعْيِيْن بِالنَّص
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فَمَثَلاً : مَنْ قَالَ : ( عَلَىَّ الطَّلَاقِ ) قَدۡ أَصْبَحَ هَذَا اللَّفْظُ فِيْ حَقِّهِ مُعَادِلاً لِقَوۡلِهِ : أُنْتِ طَالِق ) لِأَنَّ الْعُرْفَ . سَوَّى بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الْاِسْتِعْمَالِ
Al-Qawaaid Al-Fiqhiyyah (Daar Al-Tirmidy ed.) p.55