Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
What is the Islamic legal ruling concerning a man who administratively divorced his wife (i.e., obtained an official divorce certificate without uttering the divorce pronouncement) with the aim of marrying a foreign woman to obtain residency, and then divorces the second wife and returns to the first?
Does divorce occur with the saying: "I don't want you," "we are not good for each other," and "you are of no use to me," with the intention of threat and an unwillingness to show weakness, but without absolute certainty regarding the intention?
Is it necessary to inform the husband that the reason for his anger and uttering the divorce (talaq) was the magic of separation (sihr al-tafreeq), especially after three divorces have occurred?
Does a triple divorce occur if a wife swears by triple divorce upon herself that she would be late in preparing lunch after 9 AM, and then she wakes up a quarter of an hour later with the intention of threatening?
Is a khula' (divorce at the wife's instance) that occurred under duress and involved signing khula' papers valid?
Is it permissible for a man to order another man to divorce his wife so that the one giving the order can marry her?
Is it considered a divorce if the husband says to his wife: "You are no longer lawful for me after today," and "Gather your belongings and go to your family's house," given their disagreement about the intention to link that to a condition?
Is the word "thank you" (شكرًا) Mohsen said to his wife considered an allusion to divorce (kinayah), and does divorce occur by it if he intended it?
Does a wife deserve post-divorce maintenance (nafaqat idda) and when, and does she deserve spousal maintenance (nafaqa zawjiyya) during the period of litigation in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, given that the divorce for harm (talaq lil-darar) was affirmed on November 21, 1997, then its enforcement was suspended, then it was re-affirmed on April 4, 1998?
In the Maliki school of thought, does a second divorce take effect after a void second marriage, and what is the ruling on the marital relationship thereafter?
Does a man's saying to his wife, jokingly, "If you want so-and-so, take him, and his wife will take your place," Haram her to him?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a husband and wife to engage in sexual intercourse during the separation period before the divorce takes effect?
Is there a magic that separates spouses, and if it is proven that the divorce was caused by it, does the divorce take effect?
Is the wife considered divorced if her husband said to her: "If you insult me again, you will be divorced," and he swore to that three times, and then she insulted him?
What is the ruling on doubting the occurrence of divorce when the word "طيب" (tayyib - okay/good) is used in a phone conversation, and is this word considered a metaphorical or an explicit pronouncement of divorce if the husband used it?
Is it obligatory for a wife to seek divorce from her quick-tempered husband who utters [bad words], breaks things, and mistreats her and his daughter, or should she be patient in the hope of his reform?
What is the ruling on masturbation in this case, and is the husband sinful if he does not have intercourse with his wife while she desires to conceive, and is wishing for death permissible under these circumstances? And is a wife's wearing makeup and trousers during the engagement considered deception?
Does a husband's utterance, "And you are divorced from me on that," count as a second divorce? And is the 'ibra' (release from marital obligations) valid after giving the wife her full deferred dowry and maintenance? And is the third divorce, issued out of ignorance after the divorce by 'ibra', to be counted?
Is the marriage considered valid after the husband took back his divorced wife before consummating the marriage, then divorced her again and consummated the marriage with her, knowing that the wife was ignorant of the rulings of divorce?
Does a divorce occur if you swore to your wife by divorce that she should not go to a wedding, then she went reluctantly, and you threw her clothes on the stairs without intending anything specific by throwing the clothes?
Is a husband's imprecation upon himself for divorce to occur between him and his wife considered a form of divorce?
To what extent is marriage valid after sins, separation, and returning to each other? And is it permissible to marry again without khulʿ and without the wife receiving the mahr?
Does a divorce that occurred via text message on a mobile phone, for a Christian wife, with three pronouncements in one sitting, and during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her, count?
Can a man take his wife back after divorcing her by telling her father, "I do not want her as a wife, and she is divorced"?