Back to search

Does triple divorce occur to the wife if she goes with her family after the husband swore by divorce that she would, knowing that the husband was in a state of extreme anger and uttered other abusive words?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The issue involves a detailed explanation of matters related to divorce:

1. Divorce of an Angry Person: Divorce does not occur if the anger reaches a level that makes the person lose awareness of what they are saying, or if the anger was so severe that it forced them to pronounce divorce. 2. Conditional Divorce: The majority of jurists hold that it occurs when the condition is met. Some scholars (such as Ibn Taymiyyah and others) elaborate based on the speaker's intention: If the intention was an oath (to encourage, prevent, affirm, or deny), then it is an oath, and the person must offer an expiation for breaking an oath if it is violated, and no divorce occurs. If the intention was for the divorce to occur, then his wife is divorced when the condition is met. 3. Coercion of the Wife: If the wife is coerced into performing the act upon which the divorce was conditioned, then the divorce does not occur. Coercion involves force or threats of beating, imprisonment, or inflicting harm by someone who is believed capable of carrying out the threat. 4. Triple Divorce: It counts as a single divorce according to the preponderant opinion.

Accordingly, if there was no coercion, and divorce was intended and not merely a threat, and anger was not a prohibitive factor, then a single divorce occurs. However, divorce before consummation results in a minor irrevocable divorce (baynunah sughra) for the woman, meaning she is not lawful for her husband except with a new marriage contract.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy