Fatwa ID: 09449
Answered by Mufti Yusuf Badshah
Question:
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah,
I would like to request a fatwa regarding a personal issue involving conditional divorce.
About a year ago, my husband said to me:
“You are divorced three times if you speak to [a certain man]”, intending to prevent me from interacting with him.
Later on, I intentionally spoke to that man with the intention of causing the divorce to occur, as I wanted to end the marriage.
I would like to ask:
- Has the divorce taken effect according to Islamic law?
- If so, are the three talaqs considered final and irrevocable, making it impermissible for me to return to my husband unless I marry someone else first?
May Allah reward you for your service to the Muslim community in the UK.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Assuming no time limit or additional conditions were attached to the conditional Talaq, this means that the condition has been fulfilled, and thus three Talaqs have taken effect.[1]
This means that Talaq Mughalladah has occurred.[2] You and your husband are irrevocably separated and cannot remarry unless you marry another man, conjugate the marriage with him, he divorces you and your husband agrees to remarry you.[3]
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Mufti Yusuf Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
[1]
يَقَعُ) الْمُعَلَّقُ (إنْ وُجِدَ) الشَّرْطُ
Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 364, Darul Fikr
الْبَابُ الرَّابِعُ فِي الطَّلَاقِ بِالشَّرْطِ وَنَحْوِهِ وَفِيهِ أَرْبَعَةُ فُصُولٍ (الْفَصْلُ الْأَوَّلُ فِي أَلْفَاظِ الشَّرْطِ) أَلْفَاظُ الشَّرْطِ إنْ وَإِذَا وَإِذْمَا وَكُلُّ وَكُلَّمَا وَمَتَى وَمَتَى مَا فَفِي هَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ إذَا وُجِدَ الشَّرْطُ انْحَلَّتْ الْيَمِينُ وَانْتَهَتْ لِأَنَّهَا تَقْتَضِي الْعُمُومَ وَالتَّكْرَارَ فَبِوُجُودِ الْفِعْلِ مَرَّةً تَمَّ الشَّرْطُ وَانْحَلَّتْ الْيَمِينُ
Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 415, Darul Fikr
وَلَوْ قَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ إنْ دَخَلْت الدَّارَ فَأَنْت طَالِقٌ ثَلَاثًا فَطَلَّقَهَا وَاحِدَةً أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ قَبْلَ دُخُولِ الدَّارِ فَتَزَوَّجَتْ بِزَوْجٍ آخَرَ وَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ عَادَتْ إلَى الزَّوْجِ الْأَوَّلِ فَدَخَلَتْ الدَّارَ طَلَقَتْ ثَلَاثًا
Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 416, Darul Fikr
[2]
وَأَمَّا حُكْمُهُ) فَوُقُوعُ الْفُرْقَةِ بِانْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ فِي الرَّجْعِيِّ وَبِدُونِهِ فِي الْبَائِنِ كَذَا فِي فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ. وَزَوَالُ حِلِّ الْمُنَاكَحَةِ مَتَى تَمَّ ثَلَاثًا
Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 348, Darul Fikr
فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِن بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ ۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يَتَرَاجَعَا إِن ظَنَّا أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
Surah Al-Baqarah 230
[3]
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ رِفَاعَةَ الْقُرَظِيِّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رِفَاعَةَ فَطَلَّقَنِي فَأَبَتَّ طَلاَقِي، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الزَّبِيرِ، إِنَّمَا مَعَهُ مِثْلُ هُدْبَةِ الثَّوْبِ. فَقَالَ “ أَتُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى تَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ ”
Sahih Al-Bukhari 2639