Following the Majority View on the Triple Divorce
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, does being with the majority on the issue of the triple divorce, holding that it is one, mean that?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Your statement that you are with the majority on the triple divorce, holding that it is one.
The Shaykh:
No, Rahim, no, that phrasing is not correct. I do not say that the three is one. I say that the majority hold that the three are three, just as I need 'Umar, and I strike 'Umar, according to the view of the soldiers.
The questioner:
Does that mean that the majority's view is always the correct one, and that whoever opposes them is on the wrong side?
The Shaykh:
Or is the majority's view more cautious, especially when those who support it include Ibn 'Abbas, 'Umar, and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, along with many of the Salaf? In that case, the majority's view is the stronger one.
Honorable Shaykh, does being with the majority on the issue of the triple divorce, holding that it is one, mean that?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Your statement that you are with the majority on the triple divorce, holding that it is one.
The Shaykh:
No, Rahim, no, that phrasing is not correct. I do not say that the three is one. I say that the majority hold that the three are three, just as I need 'Umar, and I strike 'Umar, according to the view of the soldiers.
The questioner:
Does that mean that the majority's view is always the correct one, and that whoever opposes them is on the wrong side?
The Shaykh:
Or is the majority's view more cautious, especially when those who support it include Ibn 'Abbas, 'Umar, and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, along with many of the Salaf? In that case, the majority's view is the stronger one.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الخلع — islamhouse.com (1:08:54)
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