Fatwa ID: 08537

 

 

Answered by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

During a conversation i said to my husband clear or remove whatever you want..to which he said ok done..we were not arguing or discussing divorce..we were discussing about a photo of our daughter in which there is my pic also in the background..but after this conversation suddenly a fear came to mind my mind what if intended anything related to divorce when i mentioned the words remove or clear whatever you want.

 

I always have waswasa of kinaya words of divorce. I don’t know if I intended of divorce at that time because these thoughts are always there in my mind. These thoughts are causing me a lot of stress. My husband doesn’t know i am thinking all these he didnt even intended or said anything related to divorce.

 

 

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

Divorce is in the hands of the husband. As the wife, you cannot give divorce no matter what you say [1]. If your husband gives you a clear Sareeh divorce, or if he gives an ambiguous Kinayah divorce while intending divorce, only then will a divorce occur. If he says an ambiguous phrase not intending divorce, then no divorce occurs [2]. Your own thoughts and intentions are irrelevant. As long as he claims he didn’t intend divorce, you should assume you are not divorced.

 

 

 

 

References:

 

[1] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 230, Darul Fikr:

وَأَهْلُهُ زَوْجٌ

 

[2] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 250, Darul Fikr:

(قَوْلُهُ أَوْ لَمْ يَنْوِ شَيْئًا) لِمَا مَرَّ أَنَّ الصَّرِيحَ لَا يَحْتَاجُ إلَى النِّيَّةِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا بُدَّ فِي وُقُوعِهِ قَضَاءً وَدِيَانَةً مِنْ قَصْدِ إضَافَةِ لَفْظِ الطَّلَاقِ إلَيْهَا عَالِمًا بِمَعْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَصْرِفْهُ إلَى مَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Only Allah s.w.t knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham