The Excessive Use of Divorce Oaths and Anger
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The questioner:
The questioner, Umm Nader from Jazan, says: My husband swears by divorce frequently, and sometimes he gets very angry. What is the ruling on this action? And what is your guidance for him? And for someone like him?
The Shaykh:
As for divorce, he has to ask; he should come to the divorce office at the Department of Ifta and ask, if he is in Riyadh, for example. And if he is in a country other than Riyadh, he asks the judge; he returns to the judge and asks him about the case of divorce. Yes.
The questioner:
And frequently swearing by divorce, O Shaykh, this is...
The Shaykh:
As for anger, he has to treat it.
The questioner:
Frequently swearing by divorce.
The Shaykh:
Yes. It is not permissible to play with divorce; it is not permissible to play with divorce and utter it, because it is a serious word. He may live with a woman who has become divorced from him due to his repeated divorcing of her, so he should not play with divorce, but rather he should utter it only when necessary and according to the Shari'ah system. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
The questioner, Umm Nader from Jazan, says: My husband swears by divorce frequently, and sometimes he gets very angry. What is the ruling on this action? And what is your guidance for him? And for someone like him?
The Shaykh:
As for divorce, he has to ask; he should come to the divorce office at the Department of Ifta and ask, if he is in Riyadh, for example. And if he is in a country other than Riyadh, he asks the judge; he returns to the judge and asks him about the case of divorce. Yes.
The questioner:
And frequently swearing by divorce, O Shaykh, this is...
The Shaykh:
As for anger, he has to treat it.
The questioner:
Frequently swearing by divorce.
The Shaykh:
Yes. It is not permissible to play with divorce; it is not permissible to play with divorce and utter it, because it is a serious word. He may live with a woman who has become divorced from him due to his repeated divorcing of her, so he should not play with divorce, but rather he should utter it only when necessary and according to the Shari'ah system. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (15:11)
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