What is the criterion for anger that results in divorce?
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The questioner : The criterion is that it must be severe.
The Shaykh : There is no criterion for it.
The questioner : Anger, mere ordinary anger.
The Shaykh : Who is to judge whether this is severe anger, mild anger, or something in between? This is a three-part verbal classification: severe, mild, and in between. But in reality, this three-part classification could easily become thirty. It is a theoretical, intellectual concept that cannot be defined.
The questioner : But if...
The Shaykh : And therefore, if you allow me
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : And therefore, the matter is judged by the statement of the angry divorcer. That is, if the angry divorcer says to the mufti, "I divorced my wife while I was in a state of anger," the mufti cannot determine from the questioner the degree of anger he was in at the time of the divorce, let alone be able to determine the degree of that anger himself. So, the one who seeks the ruling is judged by his own statement. If he says, "I divorced my wife while I was angry," and if he were, God forbid, a liar, what would the mufti do with him?
The questioner : It is between him and his Lord.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The Shaykh : There is no criterion for it.
The questioner : Anger, mere ordinary anger.
The Shaykh : Who is to judge whether this is severe anger, mild anger, or something in between? This is a three-part verbal classification: severe, mild, and in between. But in reality, this three-part classification could easily become thirty. It is a theoretical, intellectual concept that cannot be defined.
The questioner : But if...
The Shaykh : And therefore, if you allow me
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : And therefore, the matter is judged by the statement of the angry divorcer. That is, if the angry divorcer says to the mufti, "I divorced my wife while I was in a state of anger," the mufti cannot determine from the questioner the degree of anger he was in at the time of the divorce, let alone be able to determine the degree of that anger himself. So, the one who seeks the ruling is judged by his own statement. If he says, "I divorced my wife while I was angry," and if he were, God forbid, a liar, what would the mufti do with him?
The questioner : It is between him and his Lord.
The Shaykh : That is it.
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