Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
What is the ruling on a man using allusions to divorce with his wife, without remembering his intention or the number of times he used them? And does divorce occur with such allusions? And what if he said to himself: "O Lord, do not count divorce against me unless the judge divorces her in court"?
If a husband says to his wife: "If you tell your family, your life is over and destroyed," is that considered a contingent divorce, and what is the ruling on not asking him about his intention?
Am I sinful if I prevent my husband from marrying another woman, even though I do not desire divorce, or would separation be better if this matter affects my religious commitment?
What is the legal ruling for a person who, in a moment of anger, said to his wife: "You are unlawful to me until the Day of Judgment," three consecutive times? And what is the difference between divorce (talaq) and zihar?
Is a pronouncement of divorce that occurs after a minor, revocable divorce considered [effective], such as when a man pronounces a third divorce upon his divorced wife one year after her first divorce?
Is it permissible for a wife to cohabit with her addicted husband who swore to divorce her multiple times, the last of which was using the صيغ (formulations) of the Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanafi schools of thought, given that they have three children together?
Can a husband take his wife back after divorcing her with a single pronouncement, for the sake of calming things down, without her consent?
Does divorce take place upon the wife if the husband, in surprise, says to her the word "taali'" while intending to ask her about the fatwa which states that divorce does not take place by it?
Is it considered a sin to divorce a wife who is psychologically and materially ill, disobedient (nashiz), and has caused family problems, especially when the father is angry and disapproves of the divorce?
Is a woman's marriage to another man and her bearing children from him considered void if her first husband had legally contracted with her and then abandoned her without divorcing her?
Will my wife be divorced by triple talaq if I swore by that concerning her return home, and she returned without me ordering her to do so?
What is the ruling regarding a husband divorcing his angry wife if he says to her, "You are divorced"? And is it permissible for him to live with her in the same apartment, and what should he do if family members intervene to reconcile them?
Is it permissible for a woman to remain with a husband addicted to hashish who mistreats her and prevents her from practicing her religious rituals, knowing that her separation from him will negatively affect her children in terms of providing suitable housing?
Is the intercourse that occurs between a woman divorced with a final, irrevocable divorce (talaq bain) and her ex-husband, after her waiting period has ended and communication has taken place between them, and there is a willingness to reconcile, considered adultery (zina) or a return (raj'a)? And what is the expiation for this act if it is forbidden?
What is the ruling on swearing an oath by divorce upon one's wife that she will not go to her sister's house, then allowing her to do so, what is its expiation, and is it forbidden to have intercourse with the wife after this oath?
Is the phrase "If you do that, it will keep me upset" considered a veiled divorce pronouncement (kinayat talaq), and what is its ruling, knowing that the speaker avoids the word divorce and anything similar to it, and are the thoughts that cross his mind about this phrase considered a divorce-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas talaq)?
- Is it permissible for the divorced woman's maintenance to extend beyond her iddah (waiting period)?
Is the wife considered to be in a tribulation, like her husband, even though she was laughing and happy immediately after the divorce?
Is the second wife entitled to demand that her husband's children be sent away to their mother, and if the husband refuses, is she entitled to leave the marital home or demand a divorce?
Did a divorce (talaq) take place in the situation mentioned in Fatwa no. 153733?
What is the ruling on divorce oaths conditioned upon leaving the house, greeting so-and-so, and not taking off clothes, with some of them being repeated, and do they take effect or not, based on the differing opinions of scholars on that?
Do the first and second divorces count as a single divorce so long as the husband has not reconciled with his wife after the first divorce? And is his wife forbidden to him after the third divorce, while he regrets divorcing her, and she is pregnant and has children from him?
Is wishing for divorce and thinking about it, and talking to oneself in an inaudible voice with phrases like "If you want, then go" considered a divorce, especially with the presence of intrusive thoughts about divorce and a desire for separation?
Do the words: "al-baynonah" (final and irrevocable separation) and "al-battah" (definitively or irrevocably) effect divorce according to all jurisprudential schools, or only some of them? And what should one do who utters them out of ignorance or forgetfulness? And what is the meaning of the word "al-battah" and its legal derivations?