Ruling on Informing the Wife of Her Divorce
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Question:
One of the preachers said in the Friday sermon: It is obligatory for the husband not to inform his wife that he has divorced her. Is this ruling correct, and does it have a basis in the Book and the Sunnah?
Answer:
In the case of divorce, the woman must be informed so that she knows whether she is divorced or not. If he has divorced her, he must let her know the number of the divorce and clarify the divorce to her so that she can count the divorce. If he divorces her a second time, she will know it, and if he divorces her a third time, she will know that she has become forbidden to him. He must let her know this.
However, if he sees that he should not rush to inform her, for a reason or for causes where he fears that this divorce will shock her and that she will have a bad reaction, and he delays informing her until another time other than the time of the divorce, then it appears that there is no blame on him for that. If he delays informing her of the divorce until another time, meaning a time other than the time in which he divorced her, because he sees that there is danger for him or for her in doing so, or for other valid reasons, then there is no harm in that.
But he must inform her, even if it is later. He must inform her so that she knows and so that she can count. And if he also informs her guardian, that is more complete, so that Satan does not overcome him and he denies it later or forgets it. Informing her and informing her guardian is an important matter and a right. But there is no harm in delaying it to a certain time if he fears harm for her or for him from doing so. He can delay it for some time, then inform her, or write it down for himself to record it, so that he does not forget, so that he does not make her lawful to him other than by what Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, has revealed.
One of the preachers said in the Friday sermon: It is obligatory for the husband not to inform his wife that he has divorced her. Is this ruling correct, and does it have a basis in the Book and the Sunnah?
Answer:
In the case of divorce, the woman must be informed so that she knows whether she is divorced or not. If he has divorced her, he must let her know the number of the divorce and clarify the divorce to her so that she can count the divorce. If he divorces her a second time, she will know it, and if he divorces her a third time, she will know that she has become forbidden to him. He must let her know this.
However, if he sees that he should not rush to inform her, for a reason or for causes where he fears that this divorce will shock her and that she will have a bad reaction, and he delays informing her until another time other than the time of the divorce, then it appears that there is no blame on him for that. If he delays informing her of the divorce until another time, meaning a time other than the time in which he divorced her, because he sees that there is danger for him or for her in doing so, or for other valid reasons, then there is no harm in that.
But he must inform her, even if it is later. He must inform her so that she knows and so that she can count. And if he also informs her guardian, that is more complete, so that Satan does not overcome him and he denies it later or forgets it. Informing her and informing her guardian is an important matter and a right. But there is no harm in delaying it to a certain time if he fears harm for her or for him from doing so. He can delay it for some time, then inform her, or write it down for himself to record it, so that he does not forget, so that he does not make her lawful to him other than by what Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, has revealed.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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