Does a man escape the expiation for zihar if he commits zihar against his wife, then divorces her and takes her back again?
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The questioner : Shaykh, a question close to this one.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Zihar obligates the expiation. So if a man commits zihar against his wife and then divorces her to take her back again, is the expiation obligatory upon him?
The Shaykh : I did not understand. To take her back? Why? The one from whom he committed zihar does not return to him?
The questioner : Until he performs the expiation. The expiation is necessary.
The Shaykh : Yes, so why did he divorce her? To escape the expiation?
The questioner : To find a way around the expiation.
The Shaykh : To escape the expiation.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : This is a trick. The expiation became due from the moment he committed zihar against her. There is no divorce here.
The questioner : It does not take place.
The Shaykh : And there is no tricking the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Zihar obligates the expiation. So if a man commits zihar against his wife and then divorces her to take her back again, is the expiation obligatory upon him?
The Shaykh : I did not understand. To take her back? Why? The one from whom he committed zihar does not return to him?
The questioner : Until he performs the expiation. The expiation is necessary.
The Shaykh : Yes, so why did he divorce her? To escape the expiation?
The questioner : To find a way around the expiation.
The Shaykh : To escape the expiation.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : This is a trick. The expiation became due from the moment he committed zihar against her. There is no divorce here.
The questioner : It does not take place.
The Shaykh : And there is no tricking the Shari'ah.
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