In the city of Iman in Yemen, there is a woman called al-Sindiyah who is twenty years old. She steals people's money, and many ignorant people visit her to ask about
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The questioner : The sender, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jabali, says: In the city of Iman in Yemen, there is a woman called al-Sindiyah who is twenty years old. She steals people's money, and many ignorant people visit her to ask about expatriates, what is wrong with them and when they will return. The sick also visit her for healing. When they are with her, she brings a cover and places it over herself, then says in a changed voice, "So-and-so will come after so many days or months, or he will not come." She says the sick person so-and-so will be healed, and this is a charm for him, or the charm will not benefit him. She tells women what their husbands are keeping from them, to the point that my wife went to her and told her, "Your husband is thinking about marrying." So my wife sent me a message asking for her divorce papers, and I sent them to her, and in them was the khul' with three [divorces]. Is this divorce valid or invalid? Please note that it has been six months, and I do not know the reason? This woman claims that she has noble jinn who inform her, and she often tells men, "Your wives have men other than you," to create discord between wives and their husbands. Are there noble jinn who know the unseen? Please inform us accurately about this matter?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. This woman is a fortune-teller because she claims to know about the future. Anyone who claims to know the future is a lying fortune-teller. It is not permissible to go to her, nor is it permissible to believe her. In fact, believing her is a denial of the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted says:[An-Naml 27:65] The unseen is what is hidden from humans regarding future matters, and no one knows it except Allah Mighty and Majestic. This woman who claims this is also denying the Qur'an. Therefore, the rulers must prevent such matters in their lands so that they do not lead people to what contradicts their creed and what denies the words of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : O Allah, send blessings and peace upon him.
The Shaykh : As for what this woman claims of knowledge of the unseen, it is never permissible to believe it. If it happens that some of what she reports comes to pass, that is only by coincidence or by something overheard from the heavens, and she adds several lies to it to cover up her falsehood.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what she claims of communication with noble jinn, this is also a false claim, because the fortune-teller must be denied in everything he says and all the effects he mentions regarding his fortune-telling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The jinn do not know the unseen by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Allah Mighty and Majestic says:[Saba 34:14] meaning Solomon (peace be upon him).
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh :[Saba 34:14] meaning his staff [Saba 34:14] So no one knows the unseen, neither from the jinn, nor from the angels, nor from humans [An-Naml 27:65] And He the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Jinn 72:26-27] As for his statement that he divorced his wife three times, this is a matter of triple divorce. If he wants to return to his wife, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether he can take her back if he had not previously divorced this woman twice, or whether he cannot take her back.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The stronger position is that it is permissible for him to take her back if he had not previously divorced her twice before this divorce.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In Sahih Muslim, from the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "The triple divorce in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the time of Abu Bakr and two years of the caliphate of Umar" He said: "The triple divorce was one [divorce]. When people became hasty in this matter, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 'I see that people have hastened in a matter in which they used to be patient. If we were to enforce it upon them.'" This is an explicit text that enforcing the triple divorce as a final divorce is an act of independent legal reasoning by the Commander of the Faithful, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).
The questioner : (may Allah be pleased with him).
The Shaykh : Just as this is the requirement of the text, it is also the requirement of reasoning, because the triple divorce is a matter for the Shari'ah, not for the human. If a person says, "I seek forgiveness from Allah three times," or "Glory be to Allah three times," or if he says after the prayer, "Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest," and then says thirty-three times, he is not credited with thirty-three.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this does not happen in matters that are desirable and beloved to Allah Mighty and Majestic, which is being rewarded for His remembrance and obedience, how can it be in matters whose utmost is that they are permissible, such as divorce? Therefore, it is not befitting... meaning, the correct reasoning and analogy requires that the triple divorce is one [divorce].
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Thus, it is supported by the text and by reasoning, just as Allah the Exalted and Majestic said to His Prophet:[At-Talaq 65:1].
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Divorce for the waiting period is only when the woman is with her husband, meaning not already divorced, because if she is divorced after being divorced within the waiting period, she is not divorced for the waiting period. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that if a man divorces his wife today, and after she has menstruated twice, he follows it with a second divorce, she does not restart the waiting period with this second divorce. This indicates that it is a divorce not for the waiting period. And if it is a divorce not for the waiting period, it becomes not commanded, because Allah says:.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sahih Muslim 1718b And the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) held the view that the triple divorce, even if in separate words, does not take effect as more than one, unless a taking back or a new marriage contract intervenes.
The questioner : Yes, and the brother Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jabali from Yemen, who is residing in Saudi Arabia, seems to be regretting this divorce that occurred from him. He wrote that it was khul' with three [divorces], so according to what you have mentioned, it may be counted as one divorce.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : This is a question from the sender Abdul Karim S.A. from the Shamr tribe, as he hopes that this name will be read in this way.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. This woman is a fortune-teller because she claims to know about the future. Anyone who claims to know the future is a lying fortune-teller. It is not permissible to go to her, nor is it permissible to believe her. In fact, believing her is a denial of the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted says:
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قل لا يعلم من في السماوات والأرض الغيب إلا اللهThe questioner : O Allah, send blessings and peace upon him.
The Shaykh : As for what this woman claims of knowledge of the unseen, it is never permissible to believe it. If it happens that some of what she reports comes to pass, that is only by coincidence or by something overheard from the heavens, and she adds several lies to it to cover up her falsehood.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what she claims of communication with noble jinn, this is also a false claim, because the fortune-teller must be denied in everything he says and all the effects he mentions regarding his fortune-telling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The jinn do not know the unseen by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Allah Mighty and Majestic says:
And when We decreed for Solomon death
فلما قضينا عليه الموتThe questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh :
nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff
ما دلّهم على موته إلا دابة الأرض تأكل منسأتهBut when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
فلما خر تبيّنت الجن أن لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهينSay, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قل لا يعلم من في السماوات والأرض الغيب إلا الله(26) [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone (27) Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers
عالم الغيب فلا يظهر على غيبه أحدا إلا من ارتضى من رسول فإنه يسلك من بين يديه ومن خلفه رصداThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The stronger position is that it is permissible for him to take her back if he had not previously divorced her twice before this divorce.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In Sahih Muslim, from the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "The triple divorce in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the time of Abu Bakr and two years of the caliphate of Umar" He said: "The triple divorce was one [divorce]. When people became hasty in this matter, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 'I see that people have hastened in a matter in which they used to be patient. If we were to enforce it upon them.'" This is an explicit text that enforcing the triple divorce as a final divorce is an act of independent legal reasoning by the Commander of the Faithful, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).
The questioner : (may Allah be pleased with him).
The Shaykh : Just as this is the requirement of the text, it is also the requirement of reasoning, because the triple divorce is a matter for the Shari'ah, not for the human. If a person says, "I seek forgiveness from Allah three times," or "Glory be to Allah three times," or if he says after the prayer, "Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest," and then says thirty-three times, he is not credited with thirty-three.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this does not happen in matters that are desirable and beloved to Allah Mighty and Majestic, which is being rewarded for His remembrance and obedience, how can it be in matters whose utmost is that they are permissible, such as divorce? Therefore, it is not befitting... meaning, the correct reasoning and analogy requires that the triple divorce is one [divorce].
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Thus, it is supported by the text and by reasoning, just as Allah the Exalted and Majestic said to His Prophet:
O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period
يا أيها النبي إذا طلقتم النساء فطلقونهن لعدتهنThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Divorce for the waiting period is only when the woman is with her husband, meaning not already divorced, because if she is divorced after being divorced within the waiting period, she is not divorced for the waiting period. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that if a man divorces his wife today, and after she has menstruated twice, he follows it with a second divorce, she does not restart the waiting period with this second divorce. This indicates that it is a divorce not for the waiting period. And if it is a divorce not for the waiting period, it becomes not commanded, because Allah says:
Divorce them during their waiting period.
طلقوهن لعدتهنThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردThe questioner : Yes, and the brother Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jabali from Yemen, who is residing in Saudi Arabia, seems to be regretting this divorce that occurred from him. He wrote that it was khul' with three [divorces], so according to what you have mentioned, it may be counted as one divorce.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : This is a question from the sender Abdul Karim S.A. from the Shamr tribe, as he hopes that this name will be read in this way.