The Ruling on Repeating the Word of Divorce and Multiplying the Oaths of the One Who Swears
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The questioner:
Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, if a man says to his wife, "You are divorced, then divorced, then divorced, then divorced," intending the three, does it take effect?
The Shaykh:
If he did not intend it, as long as he is decisive, then how long does it last? Yes. And if he says, "You are divorced," then not one takes effect in any way. You are divorced once, and he says, "You are divorced," and you are, except if he intends to emphasize or clarify, yes. Yes.
Another questioner:
And no one else.
The Shaykh:
That he not speak to him and that he not sit with him. If he does one of them, he has broken his oath. If she did to him that he disbelieves. He breaks his oath, not one expiation, as long as it is one oath, one expiation.
As for if he says, "By Allah, I will not sit with you," it becomes two. As for if he did not repeat the oath, it becomes one thing. If he does any of it, he breaks his oath, one. As for if he says, "By Allah, I will not burden so-and-so, by Allah, I will not sit with him, by Allah, I will not eat his food," it becomes three. "By Allah, I will not travel with him," four. The correct one of these is one, because he does not repeat it. If he does one of them, he breaks his oath, or if he does both, he breaks his oath, and it is not upon him to expiate with more than one. Ha? He breaks his oath with one of them, if he lifts them, and it happens with them, that is sufficient. Yes. There is a distinction here. Yes.
Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, if a man says to his wife, "You are divorced, then divorced, then divorced, then divorced," intending the three, does it take effect?
The Shaykh:
If he did not intend it, as long as he is decisive, then how long does it last? Yes. And if he says, "You are divorced," then not one takes effect in any way. You are divorced once, and he says, "You are divorced," and you are, except if he intends to emphasize or clarify, yes. Yes.
Another questioner:
And no one else.
The Shaykh:
That he not speak to him and that he not sit with him. If he does one of them, he has broken his oath. If she did to him that he disbelieves. He breaks his oath, not one expiation, as long as it is one oath, one expiation.
As for if he says, "By Allah, I will not sit with you," it becomes two. As for if he did not repeat the oath, it becomes one thing. If he does any of it, he breaks his oath, one. As for if he says, "By Allah, I will not burden so-and-so, by Allah, I will not sit with him, by Allah, I will not eat his food," it becomes three. "By Allah, I will not travel with him," four. The correct one of these is one, because he does not repeat it. If he does one of them, he breaks his oath, or if he does both, he breaks his oath, and it is not upon him to expiate with more than one. Ha? He breaks his oath with one of them, if he lifts them, and it happens with them, that is sufficient. Yes. There is a distinction here. Yes.
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