Are the four mentioned divorce pronouncements counted, what is the effect of each on the continuation of the marital bond, and does the text message prevent the final divorce from occurring?
This fatwa answers questions regarding a four-time divorce, indicating that anger does not prevent a divorce from occurring except in cases of unconsciousness, and that witnesses are not a condition for a divorce to occur.
Firstly: The first divorce is an explicit divorce using the phrase "You are divorced." Secondly: The second divorce was conditional, and it occurred when the condition was met (meeting and going out with one of the girls). According to the majority of scholars, a conditional divorce occurs even if the intention was not present, and it is counted as one divorce. This opinion is hereby given as a fatwa. Thirdly: The third divorce is like the second divorce in terms of being a conditional divorce. Fourthly: The fourth divorce is an explicit divorce.
The fatwa recommends referring to the Sharia court to resolve jurisprudential disputes, as a judge's ruling settles disagreements in matters of ijtihad.
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