Does divorce take effect with the utterance of "ayh" (yes) with the intention of divorce, and is it permissible to adopt a fatwa that states it does not take effect, even if one is not convinced by it, given that the muftis consider it a form of divorce-related obsessive thoughts, while the speaker's intention was not obsessive?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Divorce does not take effect from one afflicted by (obsessive whispering). Waswas itself may be the reason for his insistence that he uttered a a veiled statement of divorce (kinayah) with the intention of effecting it, and in a state of free choice, when the situation is not so.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
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