Divorce with the intention of threat and intimidation
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The third question of Fatwa No. ( 21307 )
Q3: One day, I found a mobile vendor, i.e., a clothing seller, at my front door. Given the harm and serious consequences this entails, I forbade my wife from doing it again, i.e., buying clothes from mobile vendors. During the discussion, I threw a single shot at her, and I said, verbatim: “Divorce if you do it a second time—i.e., buying clothes from mobile vendors—so that you leave this house.”
My intention and conscience were that this was a threat and intimidation, not that the oath of divorce would take effect with separation. After several months, the number of which I do not remember, I noticed a piece of clothing that I had not personally brought home. When I asked about it, she informed me that she had bought it from a mobile vendor and that she had forgotten the debt I had incurred on her behalf. What is obligatory for me to do in this matter?
A3: The divorce does not take effect if your intention was threat and intimidation, as you stated. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q3: One day, I found a mobile vendor, i.e., a clothing seller, at my front door. Given the harm and serious consequences this entails, I forbade my wife from doing it again, i.e., buying clothes from mobile vendors. During the discussion, I threw a single shot at her, and I said, verbatim: “Divorce if you do it a second time—i.e., buying clothes from mobile vendors—so that you leave this house.”
My intention and conscience were that this was a threat and intimidation, not that the oath of divorce would take effect with separation. After several months, the number of which I do not remember, I noticed a piece of clothing that I had not personally brought home. When I asked about it, she informed me that she had bought it from a mobile vendor and that she had forgotten the debt I had incurred on her behalf. What is obligatory for me to do in this matter?
A3: The divorce does not take effect if your intention was threat and intimidation, as you stated. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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