The husband saying to his wife: “You are divorced from me if you utter a request for divorce”
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a husband says to his wife, “You are divorced from me if you utter a request for divorce,” does the wife then hold the power of divorce in this case?
The Shaykh:
No, the power of divorce is in his hand. The word “you are divorced” is a present-tense verb, and nothing follows from it. Yes.
The questioner:
She says: Honorable.
The Shaykh:
And he said, “If you do such-and-such, you are divorced,” and she did it, so she was divorced. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a husband says to his wife, “You are divorced from me if you utter a request for divorce,” does the wife then hold the power of divorce in this case?
The Shaykh:
No, the power of divorce is in his hand. The word “you are divorced” is a present-tense verb, and nothing follows from it. Yes.
The questioner:
She says: Honorable.
The Shaykh:
And he said, “If you do such-and-such, you are divorced,” and she did it, so she was divorced. Yes.
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الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٧٧-كتاب الطلاق - ١٨-١-٢٥ هـ — archive.org (58:50)
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