Does the divorce of an angry person take effect?

The questioner : Yes, and we previously divided anger into three categories, O Muhammad. Where is he now? He is present. How many categories did we divide anger into? If you do not lose out. The beginning, the end, and the middle.

The Shaykh : As for the end, we said it is when one reaches a state where he does not know what he is saying, or where he is, until the world appears to him as if it were yellow, red, or black, and he does not know where he is in it, and he says, "You are divorced." This does not take place by consensus; no scholar has said that the divorce takes effect. The second is when he knows what he is saying, but he is in a state of intense agitation, as if someone pressed him until he spoke out of extreme anger; there is disagreement on this, and the stronger position is that it does not take effect. The third is when it is at the beginning of anger, meaning a slight anger that led to the divorce; in this case, the divorce takes effect if its conditions are met. Yes. And regarding taking back the wife.

The questioner : Is the taking back of the wife done by the man himself, or is it based on what was witnessed? What is the custom? He comes and makes a fuss.

The Shaykh : He has no proof. If he was angry with a slight anger. If he was angry with a slight anger and claims that he could not control himself because of it, then he is held to what he said, provided the wife does not contradict him.