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Jokes in Marriage, Divorce, and Manumission

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is mentioned in the hadith
There are three matters in which seriousness is serious and joking is seriousثلاث جدهن جد، وهزلهن جد
Sunan Ibn Majah 2039Hasan (Darussalam)
, so if a man says to another man in jest, "I give you my daughter in marriage," and the other says, "I accept."

Answer:
That is it, she becomes his wife, she becomes his wife, there is no joking in this, there is no joking in marriage, yes, joking exists, yes, but one does not play with it, and one does not play with divorce, he does not say, "I am just joking," we say, "Your wife is gone, and you were joking," regarding manumission, if I free my slave and he says, "I am just joking," it is said, "Your manumission is gone, there is no joking in this," yes, or regarding taking back a wife, if I take back my wife and she is in her waiting period, she is taken back, yes.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [45] — alfawzan.live (1:17:17)

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