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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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An example regarding coercion in divorce.

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The Shaykh : We give an example of this with divorce. If someone is coerced into divorcing his wife and he says, "She is divorced," not intending to divorce her, but intending what? To remove the coercion. In this case, the divorce does not take effect. But if he intended the divorce because of the coercion, meaning he intended the divorce because he was coerced into it, does the divorce take effect or not? The school of thought (madhhab) holds that the divorce takes effect because he intended it. However, the correct view is that it does not take effect, because Allah the Exalted said:
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced من كفر بالله من بعد إيمانه إلا من أكره
[An-Nahl 16:106]
meaning regarding disbelief. The correct view is that he does not become a disbeliever because he said this without his own choice. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, in what is narrated from him:
Allah has forgiven for me my nation their mistakes and forgetfulness إن الله تجاوز عن أمتي الخطأ والنسيان
Sunan Ibn Majah 2043Sahih (Darussalam)
What?
and what they were coerced into وما استكرهوا عليه
He did not distinguish between doing it to remove the coercion or doing it because of the coercion. This is the correct view. And the grace of Allah the Exalted is vast, and the common person does not distinguish. Therefore, yes, we said that it is disliked, so he does it due to the urge of coercion, not out of satisfaction with it, so he does not become a disbeliever in that case. And the evidence is clear:
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allah, and for them is a great punishment; مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْأِيمَانِ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْراً فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
[An-Nahl 16:106]
Yes.
Source alathar.net

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