Fatwa ID: 06775

Answered by: Maulana Ousman Haye

Question:

What if a girl says that her future husband gives her the authority to decide about divorce its a divorce from her side or she divorces herself. Nikah hasn’t taken place. Can she take her words back?

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

Answer:

According to Shariah, the right to divorce belongs primarily to the husband and not the wife.

Based on your query, this statement from the girl is void and will not be taken into consideration. The condition of tafwid talaq (delegation of the power of divorce to the wife) is subject to the condition that the husband attributes the Tafwid to the marriage.

Meaning he says: “If I marry you, then you have the right to issue one irrevocable divorce upon yourself.”

However, if the man did not attribute this to the marriage, it will be void. Another condition is that the wife must accept the tafwid in the sitting where she heard it and not after or before. Therefore, the statement of the girl will be void.

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Ousman Haye

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

(قَالَ لَهَا اخْتَارِي أَوْ أَمْرُكِ بِيَدِك يَنْوِي) تَفْوِيضَ (الطَّلَاقِ) لِأَنَّهَا كِنَايَةٌ فَلَا يَعْمَلَانِ بِلَا نِيَّةٍ (أَوْ طَلِّقِي نَفْسَك فَلَهَا أَنْ تُطَلِّقَ فِي
مَجْلِسِ عِلْمِهَا بِهِ) مُشَافَهَةً أَوْ إخْبَارًا (وَإِنْ طَالَ) يَوْمًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مَا لَمْ يُوَقِّتْهُ وَيَمْضِي الْوَقْتُ