What is the ruling on the triple divorce?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, and may prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers.
May the mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you.
We bear witness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) regarding your love and the love of the brothers in Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
O esteemedThe Shaykh : I married a woman, naturally my second wife, about four years ago. Before the marriage, naturally, the customs and traditions in our place do not allow one to see her, and so on.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : But.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I say: In our customs in the tribe, they do not allow seeing the wife, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The girl whom one wants to marry.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : On the morning of the day after the wedding night, the girl's mother noticed that the girl was not normal.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : The girl's mother noticed that her daughter was not normal; I did not know anything about her habits.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : I did not know anything about this girl's habits, so her mother said: The girl is not normal in her mind, and so on. She remained in this state for about a year with me. I treated her; I took her to hospitals and to shaykhs who recited over her, but her condition did not improve.
The Shaykh : Has not?
The questioner : Her condition did not improve, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I sent her back to her family, and after about a year, I sent the divorce paper. I went to the judge and said: O Shaykh, I want to divorce my wife; she is sick and I do not benefit from her. The judge said: One divorce? I said: No.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The judge said: One divorce? I said to him: Three divorces. When I divorced her, news came to me from her family that the girl has now become normal, meaning there is nothing wrong with her anymore, O Shaykh. Is it permissible to take back this woman, or is it not permissible?
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. The judge's question: Is it three or one? That is a great error and a mistake and a lack of insight on his part. Why does he ask: Is it one or three? It is obligatory to write the divorce: He divorced his wife so-and-so, and remain silent.
May the mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you.
We bear witness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) regarding your love and the love of the brothers in Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
O esteemedThe Shaykh : I married a woman, naturally my second wife, about four years ago. Before the marriage, naturally, the customs and traditions in our place do not allow one to see her, and so on.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : But.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I say: In our customs in the tribe, they do not allow seeing the wife, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The girl whom one wants to marry.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : On the morning of the day after the wedding night, the girl's mother noticed that the girl was not normal.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : The girl's mother noticed that her daughter was not normal; I did not know anything about her habits.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : I did not know anything about this girl's habits, so her mother said: The girl is not normal in her mind, and so on. She remained in this state for about a year with me. I treated her; I took her to hospitals and to shaykhs who recited over her, but her condition did not improve.
The Shaykh : Has not?
The questioner : Her condition did not improve, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I sent her back to her family, and after about a year, I sent the divorce paper. I went to the judge and said: O Shaykh, I want to divorce my wife; she is sick and I do not benefit from her. The judge said: One divorce? I said: No.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The judge said: One divorce? I said to him: Three divorces. When I divorced her, news came to me from her family that the girl has now become normal, meaning there is nothing wrong with her anymore, O Shaykh. Is it permissible to take back this woman, or is it not permissible?
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. The judge's question: Is it three or one? That is a great error and a mistake and a lack of insight on his part. Why does he ask: Is it one or three? It is obligatory to write the divorce: He divorced his wife so-and-so, and remain silent.