Divorce by post

Divorce by post Q: If a husband leaves the family home , and in his absence sends the first Islamic divorce paper in the post signed and witnessed , and then the wife has sat the three months iddah / and the wife has never heard from the sharia council or the courts...

Pronouncing divorce 3 times

Pronouncing divorce 3 times -Q: My husband said to me, “You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced!” Is this considered as one divorce or three? A: One should always consult a scholar personally for matters relating to divorce so they can assess...

The waiting period for a woman who has been given khul’

The post-marital waiting period (iddah) after marital release (khul’) is the same as divorce according to the four Sunni schools of law, thus three complete occurrences of menses or with childbirth if pregnant. Hanafi: “And if a man divorces his wife with...

Written Divorce

Hanafi: It is well-known in the books of hadith that the Prophet ﷺ wrote to various kings and leaders and the message was binding upon them.[1] Imam Abdullah al-Mawsili (d. 783 AH) says: “Writing is from the allusive statements. So if someone writes the divorce...