Conditional divorce contingent on leaving with the intention of intimidation
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The questioner says: My home is close to the market, and I told my wife, “If you go out to the market, you are divorced,” and my intention was to intimidate her. If she goes out, is she divorced?
Answer:
If your intention was to intimidate her, then you owe an oath expiation, and the divorce does not take effect. If you said, “If you go out to the market, you are divorced,” or “If you speak to so-and-so, you are divorced,” and your intention was to intimidate her or warn her, not to divorce her, then this requires an oath expiation: feeding ten poor people or clothing them. And, if Allah wills, the divorce does not take effect according to the correct opinion. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
The questioner says: My home is close to the market, and I told my wife, “If you go out to the market, you are divorced,” and my intention was to intimidate her. If she goes out, is she divorced?
Answer:
If your intention was to intimidate her, then you owe an oath expiation, and the divorce does not take effect. If you said, “If you go out to the market, you are divorced,” or “If you speak to so-and-so, you are divorced,” and your intention was to intimidate her or warn her, not to divorce her, then this requires an oath expiation: feeding ten poor people or clothing them. And, if Allah wills, the divorce does not take effect according to the correct opinion. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١١ — archive.org (57:04)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.