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Tuesday, 09 Rabi'ul Awal 1434 H/ 22 January 2013

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Surah At-Talaq (The Divorce)
This Surah was revealed in Madinah, and it has 12 verses and 2 sections

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Most Merciful

“O prophet, when you people divorce women, divorce them at a time when the period of "iddah may start! And count the period of "iddah, and fear Allah, your Lord. Do not expel them from their houses, nor should they go out, unless they come up with a clearly shameless act. And these are the limits prescribed by Allah. And whoever exceeds the limits prescribed by Allah wrongs his own self. You do not know (what will happen in future); it may be that Allah brings about anew situation thereafter.” [1]

COMMENTARY:

Three Simultaneous Divorces: Unlawful but Effective

It is noticed that people who pronounce three simultaneous divorces regret bitterly and are in search of legal loopholes, so that they do not lose their wives.

Imam Nasa'i reports, on the authority of Sayyidna Mahmud Ibn Labid, in an authentic Tradition that the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam was informed about a person who had pronounced three divorces on the spur of the moment to his wife. The Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam having heard this became angry. Therefore, pronouncing three divorces simultaneously, by consensus of the Ummah, is prohibited. Even if a person pronounces three divorces separately in three different clean periods, which too is reprehensible, by consensus of the Ummah. Qur'anic verses themselves confirm this by indication.

But just as the Ummah holds by consensus that pronouncing three divorces simultaneously is prohibited, it is also a point of consensus among the entire Ummah that despite being prohibited, if a person pronounces three simultaneous divorces, all the three divorces become effective, and fresh marriage between them, in future, would not be possible.

On this issue, not only the four major schools agree unanimously, but there is also overwhelming consensus of the noble Companions.

~ Ma’aariful Qur’an ~
To be continued…

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