Fatwa ID: 07305
Answered by: Maulana Sheik Abdel Ahad Imrit
Question:
Please can you advise us regarding this issue.
A couple do not know each others language and use google translate to communicate.
The wife wrote to the husband ‘ I need some time and space I need a break’.
This translated as a request for separation. The husband misunderstood and wrote ‘ if this is what you want and how you feel then I divorce you, divorce you, divorce you’.
This message was sent via google translate. the wife received the message as ‘I’m coming, I’m coming, I’m coming.’
There was miscommunication between the couple.
The husband was under extreme levels of stress and anxiety possibly from some kind of sihr and from marital issues from the first wife when he wrote the three divorces.
- Will divorce take place.
2. if so, what kind of divorce will this be? will it be allowed for the couple to do nikah as they do not want to separate.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
From the husband’s statement, “if this is what you want and how you feel,” we understand that this constitutes tafweedh ut talaaq ‘ala mashiyah, meaning the delegation of divorce is dependent on her decision. Therefore, by sending this message to his wife, divorce is not issued unless she decides to be divorced upon reading it.
«الفتاوى العالمكيرية = الفتاوى الهندية» (1/ 402):
«إذَا قَالَ لَهَا: طَلِّقِي نَفْسَكِ سَوَاءٌ قَالَ لَهَا: إنْ شِئْتِ أَوْ لَا فَلَهَا أَنْ تُطَلِّقَ نَفْسَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ خَاصَّةً وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَعْزِلَهَا»
«حاشية ابن عابدين = رد المحتار ط الحلبي» (3/ 331):
«فَصْلٌ فِي الْمَشِيئَةِ (قَالَ لَهَا طَلِّقِي نَفْسَك وَلَمْ يَنْوِ أَوْ نَوَى وَاحِدَةً)»
«حاشية ابن عابدين = رد المحتار ط الحلبي» (3/ 331):
«[فَصْلٌ فِي الْمَشِيئَةِ]
ِ هَذَا هُوَ النَّوْعُ الثَّالِثُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ التَّفْوِيضِ، وَلَيْسَ الْمُرَادُ تَعْلِيقَ الطَّلَاقِ عَلَى الْمَشِيئَةِ صَرِيحًا بَلْ مَا يَشْمَلُ الضِّمْنِيَّ فَقَدْ قَالَ فِي كَافِي الْحَاكِمِ: وَإِذَا قَالَ لَهَا طَلِّقِي نَفْسَكِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ مَشِيئَةً فَذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمَشِيئَةِ، وَلَهَا ذَلِكَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ اهـ أَيْ لِأَنَّهُ مَوْقُوفٌ عَلَى مَشِيئَتِهَا، وَتَطْلِيقُهَا مَشِيئَةٌ، وَلِذَا قَالَ فِي الْكَافِي: لَوْ قَالَ لَهَا طَلِّقِي نَفْسَك وَاحِدَةً إنْ شِئْتِ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ طَلَّقْت نَفْسِي وَاحِدَةً فَهِيَ طَالِقٌ، وَقَدْ شَاءَتْ حَيْثُ طَلَّقَتْ نَفْسَهَا. اهـ»
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Maulana Sheik Abdel Ahad Imrit
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
