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The question

Does a divorce that originated from a man while in a state of extreme anger, bordering on a stupor or detachment from reality, count, especially if neither the husband nor the wife can recall the exact wording?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If the anger is severe, a definite divorce in this state is not effective, and even more so if there is doubt about it. Doubt should not be entertained because the original state is the continuation of the marriage. Severely beating one's wife is never permissible. Rather, a non-severe beating for disciplinary purposes is permissible only after admonition and abandonment in the sleeping place, if it is beneficial. One should strive to control oneself to avoid severe anger, because "Do not get angry" indicates that "anger is the sum of all evil, and avoiding it is the sum of all good."

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