Back to search
The question

Does divorce take effect if I say to my wife: "You are divorced; tell me what frightened you; say: yes or no; tell the truth"; this being because I suspected she was afraid to tell me she had broken a bottle, then she said she was not afraid to tell me, but was afraid of my anger and that I would say she was negligent, then she said she forgot to tell me during the invitation, then she recanted and said she did not mean that she forgot, but rather that it only occurred to her later?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

If the wife tells the truth, the husband does not break his oath, and no divorce occurs. Marital relations should be conducted with kindness, so the husband should not be harsh with his wife over trivial matters. The permissible oath is by Allah Almighty.

Summary from Ftawy's records · added here

Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
161747
Added here
. This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
Text
Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy