The ruling on the pronouncement of divorce via a mobile phone message
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a husband sends a mobile phone message to his wife stating that she is divorced, saying "you are divorced," does the divorce take effect?
The Shaykh:
If he is the one who wrote the message, it is objected that he is the one who wrote the message, and the divorce takes effect, because writing takes the place of speech.
The questioner:
I say.
The Shaykh:
If the one who wrote it was someone else, whether as a joke or to cause harm, this is not accepted. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a husband sends a mobile phone message to his wife stating that she is divorced, saying "you are divorced," does the divorce take effect?
The Shaykh:
If he is the one who wrote the message, it is objected that he is the one who wrote the message, and the divorce takes effect, because writing takes the place of speech.
The questioner:
I say.
The Shaykh:
If the one who wrote it was someone else, whether as a joke or to cause harm, this is not accepted. Yes.
Source
أخصر المختصرات في الفقه الحنبلي [27] — alfawzan.live (54:20)
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