What is the ruling regarding a man divorcing his wife by saying: "You are divorced like my mother and my sister in all madhhabs, and wherever you become lawful you become unlawful until the Day of Judgment," while in a state of extreme anger, knowing that this is the third divorce, and it was preceded by another divorce using the phrase: "You are free"?
The man's regret is of no avail, for he divorced his wife three times: twice, then he followed it with a third by saying, "You are divorced." If he intended divorce with the phrase "You are utterly divorced" (تكوني خالصة الطلاق), because it is a metaphorical expression (kinayah) that requires intention, whereas "You are divorced" (أنت مطلقة) is an explicit declaration (sareeh) that does not require intention. His wife has become unlawful to him and is irrevocably separated from him by a major divorce (baynunah kubra), and she is not permissible for him until she marries another husband a marriage of desire and he consummates it with her. If that husband divorces her, she becomes permissible for her first husband after her waiting period (iddah) expires. As for his anger, it is not considered unless it reached the point of losing consciousness and awareness, because divorce often occurs in a state of anger. And the words you uttered after the third divorce are mere nonsense (laghw) and are not considered; because she has become a stranger to him.
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