What is the ruling on uttering an explicit divorce more than three times if there are no witnesses and the husband refuses to document it and divorce before the registrar? And does an oral divorce take place without documentation? And what is the ruling on the livelihood of a wife whose husband dies if he divorced her orally?
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If a man divorces his wife with a triple divorce and then denies it, the divorced woman is irrevocably separated from him. It is obligatory upon her to leave him and not allow him access to herself. It is also not permissible for her to receive alimony after these three divorces. The issue of requiring a marriage officiant (ma'dhun) or witnesses for a divorce to take effect has no basis in Islamic law; it contradicts the explicit texts of the Shari'ah and the consensus of scholars. Divorce takes effect without the need for these.
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