The Stronger Position on the Occurrence of Bid'ah Divorce
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the stronger position regarding bid'ah (religious innovation) divorce? Does it take effect or not?
Answer:
I mean in the wording. Bid'ah divorce in the wording, for example, three times in one word, or divorce during menstruation. You have heard from the majority that it takes effect; it takes effect and he commits a sin. Some of the distinguished scholars hold that it does not take effect, because it is prohibited and an innovation, so it does not take effect. The fatwa is that it takes effect. The fatwa in this land, from the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him), is that the three divorces take effect.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the stronger position regarding bid'ah (religious innovation) divorce? Does it take effect or not?
Answer:
I mean in the wording. Bid'ah divorce in the wording, for example, three times in one word, or divorce during menstruation. You have heard from the majority that it takes effect; it takes effect and he commits a sin. Some of the distinguished scholars hold that it does not take effect, because it is prohibited and an innovation, so it does not take effect. The fatwa is that it takes effect. The fatwa in this land, from the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him), is that the three divorces take effect.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٧٧-كتاب الطلاق - ١٨-١-٢٥ هـ — archive.org (1:02:41)
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