My wife's father asked me to divorce her, so I told them, "Give me fifty thousand, and she is divorced." What is the ruling on that?
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The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Sa'y.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Good morning, may you live long.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you in good health and well-being.
The questioner : The question, but it does not concern a right. I do not know if this program is dedicated to questions from those in need or to any question.
The Shaykh : By Allah, there is no objection; ask.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask, there is no objection.
The questioner : By Allah, my brother, I cannot hear you. Please raise your voice a little.
The Shaykh : I say, listen, ask, there is no objection.
The questioner : By Allah, my question concerns divorce, and it is not a divorce.
The Shaykh : All right.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : Honey.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My question, may you live long, is that I had a wife and two sons from her. Yes, and then there was a bit of a disagreement between us, and my father asked me to divorce her, so I divorced her with one divorce, a single divorce, a sunnah divorce, one divorce. Then, after twenty-four days had passed since the divorce, I took her back, I renewed the marriage, and I had witnesses and wrote a certificate of the marriage.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But the father of the family, I mean, refused for her to return to him a second time. After a period of about a year of this talk, he started sending my cousin, my brother's son, I mean, because he is close to me, saying, "Go and ask for her divorce from her husband, and if you divorce her, I will marry you to him." So my cousin, the one from al-Raddad, broke my heart; every day they come here, and every day he asks me to divorce her so he can marry her. Every day, the important thing is that in the end, I told him, "I am divorced for fifty thousand. If fifty thousand comes, I am divorced, because my halal is that I paid with what is obligatory. I mean, when I ask for the fifty thousand, it is so that if my cousin is not married, she is not divorced from me. I do not know, and I hear him saying this is a divorce. So I told him to be aware of this talk, or they will not marry him. They said, "I mean, when I send you, I want you to divorce her, but I do not want you to bring me fifty thousand or something like that." So I do not know now: is she divorced from me, or is it still in my debt, or I do not know what it is.
The Shaykh : If they give you fifty thousand, you divorce her; otherwise, no.
The Shaykh : Sa'y.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Good morning, may you live long.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you in good health and well-being.
The questioner : The question, but it does not concern a right. I do not know if this program is dedicated to questions from those in need or to any question.
The Shaykh : By Allah, there is no objection; ask.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask, there is no objection.
The questioner : By Allah, my brother, I cannot hear you. Please raise your voice a little.
The Shaykh : I say, listen, ask, there is no objection.
The questioner : By Allah, my question concerns divorce, and it is not a divorce.
The Shaykh : All right.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : Honey.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My question, may you live long, is that I had a wife and two sons from her. Yes, and then there was a bit of a disagreement between us, and my father asked me to divorce her, so I divorced her with one divorce, a single divorce, a sunnah divorce, one divorce. Then, after twenty-four days had passed since the divorce, I took her back, I renewed the marriage, and I had witnesses and wrote a certificate of the marriage.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But the father of the family, I mean, refused for her to return to him a second time. After a period of about a year of this talk, he started sending my cousin, my brother's son, I mean, because he is close to me, saying, "Go and ask for her divorce from her husband, and if you divorce her, I will marry you to him." So my cousin, the one from al-Raddad, broke my heart; every day they come here, and every day he asks me to divorce her so he can marry her. Every day, the important thing is that in the end, I told him, "I am divorced for fifty thousand. If fifty thousand comes, I am divorced, because my halal is that I paid with what is obligatory. I mean, when I ask for the fifty thousand, it is so that if my cousin is not married, she is not divorced from me. I do not know, and I hear him saying this is a divorce. So I told him to be aware of this talk, or they will not marry him. They said, "I mean, when I send you, I want you to divorce her, but I do not want you to bring me fifty thousand or something like that." So I do not know now: is she divorced from me, or is it still in my debt, or I do not know what it is.
The Shaykh : If they give you fifty thousand, you divorce her; otherwise, no.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 280- والد زوجتي طلبت مني ان اطلقها فقلت لهم اعطوني خمسين الف وهي طالق ما حكم ذلك؟ — youtube.com
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