Does a divorce that was issued by the husband with the words "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" three times in a moment of intense anger, based on the wife's request "Divorce me," take effect?
Anger does not usually prevent the occurrence of divorce. However, if the husband's anger reaches a point where he loses awareness of everything and cannot control his actions (known as ighlaq or being overwhelmed), then his divorce does not count at that time, by analogy with someone under duress or insane. Ibn al-Qayyim divided anger into three categories: First, anger that does not alter one's intellect, and divorce issued in this state is valid. Second, anger that completely blocks knowledge and intention, and divorce issued in this state is not valid. Third, a moderate level of anger, and the jurisprudential evidence indicates that divorce issued in this state is not effective.
Therefore, if your husband's anger reached the point of ighlaq and loss of awareness, the divorce does not count. If it did not reach that point, then the divorce is valid. It counts as three divorces according to the majority of scholars if he intended to issue a divorce with each utterance, and one if he intended to emphasize. However, Ibn Taymiyyah holds that a triple divorce counts as one.
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