Does the divorce of an angry person in a state of intense anger take effect?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the divorce of an angry person in a state of intense anger take effect?

Answer:
Anger is of three types. The anger in its initial stages, where one is still aware, is such that his actions are valid and take effect. The second is overwhelming anger, where one does not know what he is saying or what he is doing; in this case, nothing takes effect from him, neither divorce nor anything else. The third is the usual anger, where one imagines what he is saying, and it is more severe than the ordinary kind; in this case, his actions also take effect and are valid, his gifts are valid, and his transactions are valid, because he is in the state of one who is not angry. No one is safe from anger; no one is safe from anger. Yes. And may Allah keep you safe. The Shaykh Ibn al-Qayyim has a treatise titled *Ighathat al-Lahfan* regarding the ruling on the divorce of an angry person.