What is the ruling if a man says to his wife, “If you do such-and-such, you are divorced”? And how is the triple divorce carried out?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If a husband says to his wife, “If you do this thing, you are divorced,” and he intends this specific thing, does this divorce take effect?
The Shaykh : Does he intend the divorce?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The divorce takes effect based on the preceding condition, provided that it is witnessed.
The questioner : Provided that it is witnessed?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, regarding the divorce that has occurred three times, how is the situation?
The Shaykh : You mean he divorced her three times?
The questioner : How is this third divorce... how?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you mean by “how.” What do you mean?
The questioner : I mean, do all these divorces have to occur within the same waiting period, or can they occur outside of this waiting period?
The Shaykh : Now clarify your question. Where is your first question? From the last question?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a lawful divorce, each divorce requires a waiting period. So, when the waiting period is about to end, he divorces her a second time, and so on. It is not permissible to combine the three divorces in one waiting period.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : I listened to a tape of yours, and what I understood from the tape is that you said something like: when the waiting period ends, if he divorced her twice, meaning he took her back during this time, it counts as one divorce. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. If he combines the three divorces in one waiting period, not two, all of that is considered one divorce.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If a husband says to his wife, “If you do this thing, you are divorced,” and he intends this specific thing, does this divorce take effect?
The Shaykh : Does he intend the divorce?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The divorce takes effect based on the preceding condition, provided that it is witnessed.
The questioner : Provided that it is witnessed?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, regarding the divorce that has occurred three times, how is the situation?
The Shaykh : You mean he divorced her three times?
The questioner : How is this third divorce... how?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you mean by “how.” What do you mean?
The questioner : I mean, do all these divorces have to occur within the same waiting period, or can they occur outside of this waiting period?
The Shaykh : Now clarify your question. Where is your first question? From the last question?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a lawful divorce, each divorce requires a waiting period. So, when the waiting period is about to end, he divorces her a second time, and so on. It is not permissible to combine the three divorces in one waiting period.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : I listened to a tape of yours, and what I understood from the tape is that you said something like: when the waiting period ends, if he divorced her twice, meaning he took her back during this time, it counts as one divorce. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. If he combines the three divorces in one waiting period, not two, all of that is considered one divorce.
The questioner: Yes.
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