The ruling on divorce conditional on reversing the car
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The questioner:
A questioner says: Cars met on one of the streets, and one of the car owners said, “If I reverse, my wife is divorced.”
The Shaykh:
What Allah willed, yes.
The questioner:
He had to reverse his car because he was the last one, or the last car, and there were many cars in front of or behind him, but he refused to reverse.
The Shaykh:
There is no need for such a long question. If he reverses his car, his wife is divorced. Because he made her divorce conditional on reversing the car, if that happens, even if it was necessary, she is divorced. Because if the condition is fulfilled, the consequence follows; if the condition is met, the conditioned thing occurs. But if he had not previously divorced her, he can take her back, and it counts as one divorce.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you?
A questioner says: Cars met on one of the streets, and one of the car owners said, “If I reverse, my wife is divorced.”
The Shaykh:
What Allah willed, yes.
The questioner:
He had to reverse his car because he was the last one, or the last car, and there were many cars in front of or behind him, but he refused to reverse.
The Shaykh:
There is no need for such a long question. If he reverses his car, his wife is divorced. Because he made her divorce conditional on reversing the car, if that happens, even if it was necessary, she is divorced. Because if the condition is fulfilled, the consequence follows; if the condition is met, the conditioned thing occurs. But if he had not previously divorced her, he can take her back, and it counts as one divorce.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/120 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (49:48)
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