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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on divorce conditional on a false condition

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Question:
Ibn Aqil, our Shaykh, and others hold that if a man is told, “Your wife has left your house,” or “She committed zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) with so-and-so,” and he says, “She is divorced,” but it later turns out that she did not leave the house, or that the person she was accused of committing zina with is in a distant land where he cannot reach her, or that the person was dead at the time of the accusation, or similar circumstances that prove she did not commit zina, then the divorce does not take effect. This is because he divorced her based on this cause, which functions as a condition for the divorce.

Answer:
He said, “She is divorced if she did this thing.” He said, “Do you see your wife left that place, or committed zina with so-and-so, or a fire broke out in your house?” He said, “She is divorced,” meaning something like this action. Then it turned out to be a lie. It does not take effect because it was conditional, and the lie came from the one who made the statement. Yes.

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Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 177 - حكم الطلاق المعلق بشرط كاذب - فوائد إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان — youtube.com

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