The ruling on divorce via mobile message and a husband boycotting his wife
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Question:
We begin with a message received a short while ago from Umm 'Umar. She reminds you, Honorable Shaykh, that her husband has been boycotting her for eight months. Then she says he sent her a mobile message stating that she is divorced. She asks: Is a mobile message considered valid? And what is the ruling on his boycotting me for eight months?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the wife has rights over her husband, and the husband has rights over his wife. If he is boycotting her without right, then he is wronging her. As for the issue of him sending her a divorce via mobile message or similar correspondence, she can ask about this with the judge at the court or ask the Department of Ifta about it. Yes.
We begin with a message received a short while ago from Umm 'Umar. She reminds you, Honorable Shaykh, that her husband has been boycotting her for eight months. Then she says he sent her a mobile message stating that she is divorced. She asks: Is a mobile message considered valid? And what is the ruling on his boycotting me for eight months?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the wife has rights over her husband, and the husband has rights over his wife. If he is boycotting her without right, then he is wronging her. As for the issue of him sending her a divorce via mobile message or similar correspondence, she can ask about this with the judge at the court or ask the Department of Ifta about it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (078) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-02-11] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (6:53)
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