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The Criterion for Anger in the Occurrence of Divorce

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Question:
This questioner says: If a person is angry and divorces his wife, does the divorce take effect? And what is the criterion for anger?

Answer:
We answered this yesterday in the lesson. We said that anger has three states. The first state is when a person is in control. He understands what he is saying, he understands what he is saying, so the divorce takes effect in his case by consensus. The second state is when anger overcomes him to the extent that he does not understand what he is saying and does not know what is coming out of him. This is like a madman, like a sleeping person, and like one whose intellect is gone. The divorce does not take effect in his case by consensus.
The third state is when a person has intense anger, but he understands what he is saying and knows what he is saying. This is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the correct view is that the divorce takes effect as long as he has understanding and has the will to say what he is saying, then the divorce takes effect in his case. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/120 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (39:10)

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