What is the ruling on a man who was angered by his wife and divorced her twice in a state of anger, then regretted it, and the next day reconciled with her and said to her three times:

The questioner : What is the ruling on a man who was angered by his wife and divorced her twice in a state of anger, then regretted it, and the next day reconciled with her and said to her three times, "I have taken you back into the protection of my previous marriage contract," and she said, "I accept," and he did nothing else? What is the ruling on one who did this? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with the best reward?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Our answer to this question, in which the man divorced his wife out of anger twice and then took her back, is that we say: Anger is an ember that Satan throws into the heart of the son of Adam until his neck veins bulge, his hair stands on end, his face turns red, and he may even lose his consciousness. The cure for this is to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, to perform wudu, and to change the state he was in: if he was standing, he should sit, and if he was sitting, he should lie down. Also, among its cures is to move away from the place where the anger occurred before he does anything. A person should prioritize reason over emotion in his actions, because emotion sweeps a person away and throws him into the abyss. How many people come to remove the effects of their anger, such as divorce and other things? So a person should fear Allah the Exalted regarding himself and take the advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came to him and said, "Advise me," and he said: The hadith is authentic in al-Bukhari. This is our advice to this brother questioner and others regarding anger.
As for the divorce that issued from him, the angry person is not free from three states. Either the anger is slight, and the person controls himself and his actions in that state; in this case, there is no doubt that the divorce takes effect from him and its consequences follow, because such anger did not deprive him of any of his consciousness or control.
The second state is that the anger is extreme, reaching a degree where the person does not know what he is saying and does not know if he is on land or in the sea, or on earth or in the sky? In this state, his divorce does not take effect, even if he repeats it a hundred times, because the man is almost devoid of his mind. As for his feeling and consciousness, there is no doubt that he has lost them. Some scholars have reported the consensus that the divorce does not take effect in this state.
The third state is that the anger is moderate between these two; it is not at its beginning nor at its end. He knows what he is saying and is aware of what he is saying, but anger forced him to say what he does not approve of or like, meaning it was imposed on him as if someone forced him to divorce. He knows that he divorced and knows what he is saying, but he is like one who is coerced. In this state, scholars differed on whether the divorce takes effect or not. Some say it does not take effect, citing the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): They said: This is a case of coercion, because anger forced him to utter the divorce. Some scholars say the divorce takes effect because he knows what he is saying and is aware of what he is saying, and the fact that this matter is similar to coercion does not prevent the divorce from taking effect, especially since the man did not do what he was commanded to do, which is seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, changing his state, and performing wudu. So this issue, the middle degree, is a point of disagreement among scholars. So you, the questioner, look at your state: are you among those in the first state, which is the beginning of anger, or among those in the second state, which is the peak and end of anger, or among those in the third, middle state, so that you know whether the divorce takes effect from you or not?
In any case, the two divorces in one session are considered one divorce. So if you are among those whose divorce takes effect, meaning among those in the first degree of anger or the middle degree according to the opinion of those who say the divorce takes effect in it, then this divorce that occurred from you is considered one divorce, if it was not preceded by two divorces. In that case, you have the right to take back your wife in this divorce. However, if it was preceded by two consecutive divorces, meaning that there was a taking back between each divorce and the other, then this divorce is considered the third of three divorces, and your wife is not lawful to you until she marries another husband.

The questioner : Yes.