The ruling on one who plays with the words of divorce
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this brother Abu 'Abdullah says: I have an older brother who plays with the words of divorce. We have advised him many times, and he says, "I do not intend to divorce my wife, the mother of so-and-so." What is the ruling on this playing with the words?
Answer:
This does not exempt him from what he intends. The divorce takes effect on him. If he utters it, the divorce takes effect on him, even if he did not intend it. His sayingBulugh al-Maram 8:130, do not play with divorce. The divorce takes effect even if he was joking, even if that was not his intention. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this brother Abu 'Abdullah says: I have an older brother who plays with the words of divorce. We have advised him many times, and he says, "I do not intend to divorce my wife, the mother of so-and-so." What is the ruling on this playing with the words?
Answer:
This does not exempt him from what he intends. The divorce takes effect on him. If he utters it, the divorce takes effect on him, even if he did not intend it. His saying
(ﷺ) said: "There are three things which, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated as serious: marriage, divorce
صلى الله عليه وسلم ثلاث جدهن جد وهزلهن جد الطلاق والعتاق والرجعة
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7733- حكم من يتلاعب بألفاظ الطلاق - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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