What is the ruling on the ambiguous expressions of divorce, except when divorce is not intended by them?
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Question:
This is a letter that arrived via express mail. The questioner says: I ask that my letter and my questions be presented to His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him).
The first question says: If a person utters the ambiguous expressions of divorce and does not intend anything, neither divorce nor anything else, does the divorce take effect?
Answer:
The ambiguous expressions do not effect a divorce except with the intention. So if he says, "My soul is with your people," or "Go to your people," or "You are free," and he does not intend divorce, it does not count as a divorce. It only takes effect with the intention. This is based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): These are ambiguous expressions, so they do not constitute a divorce except with the intention. This is what the scholars have established. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you.
This is a letter that arrived via express mail. The questioner says: I ask that my letter and my questions be presented to His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him).
The first question says: If a person utters the ambiguous expressions of divorce and does not intend anything, neither divorce nor anything else, does the divorce take effect?
Answer:
The ambiguous expressions do not effect a divorce except with the intention. So if he says, "My soul is with your people," or "Go to your people," or "You are free," and he does not intend divorce, it does not count as a divorce. It only takes effect with the intention. This is based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Actions are only by intentions
إنما الأعمال بالنياتThe presenter: May Allah preserve you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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