If a woman divorces her husband, is the divorce valid?
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The tenth question of Fatwa No. ( 17883 )
Q 10: What is the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah regarding the permissibility of the wife having the authority to divorce herself?
A 10: The default ruling regarding divorce is that it is in the husband's hand. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Talaq 65:1] But if he delegates
the divorce of his wife to her, and then she pronounces the divorce, the divorce is valid. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q 10: What is the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah regarding the permissibility of the wife having the authority to divorce herself?
A 10: The default ruling regarding divorce is that it is in the husband's hand. Allah the Exalted said:
O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّthe divorce of his wife to her, and then she pronounces the divorce, the divorce is valid. 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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