Back to search

What is the ruling regarding a man who, during an argument and in a fit of anger, said to his wife: "If you do not go to your family's house tomorrow, then consider yourself divorced," then re-emphasized it by saying: "I told you, if you don't, then you are divorced," and then said to her: "You are divorced" to get rid of her harm, knowing that he suffers from irritability and poor concentration due to an old head injury, and his wife was menstruating?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

We ask Allah to heal you. The husband's statement to his wife, "Consider yourself divorced," is one of the allusions to divorce and depends on intention. If he did not intend divorce, then it does not occur. Your subsequent statement, "I told you if you do not do it, you are divorced," if it was merely an informative statement about the previous situation, then nothing follows from it. However, it indicates that you intended divorce with your first statement, and if she broke her oath, divorce occurs according to the majority of scholars. As for the third instance, saying "You are divorced," this is an explicit divorce by which divorce occurs, and it was not under duress. Divorce during menstruation is an innovation, but the preponderant opinion among the majority of scholars is that it occurs. We advise you to fear Allah regarding anger as much as possible and to address it.

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

Read the full answer on Ftawy