Does a divorce occur with the husband's statement, "I was going to tell you, 'Go, for you are divorced,'" without uttering it?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
What the husband utters, recounting what is going on in his mind, does not constitute a divorce; because he did not utter it as an initiation of divorce, but rather as a narration.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/158274
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 158274
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy