Answered by: Maulana Nazrul Islam
Question:
One day, I go to the toilet. then I think and said to my mind that I said Talaq sentence to my wife in past time? suddenly, I utter and say this sentence to my wife for remember and recapture talaq sentence in past quarrel moment.
I have no intention. only remember and recapture about talaq.
Now I feel tension. Does any talaq occur?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
There are two types of words a person can use to constitute a divorce;
Firstly, he can use explicit words such as “I divorce you” or “you are divorced” etc. Using such words would break the marriage whether the divorce is intended or not. (1)
Secondly, he can use ambiguous words such as “leave” or “divorce” etc.
Using such words will not break the marriage by default, rather the intention is going to be considered. (2)
The divorce takes place if a person intended to divorce using such words.
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Nazrul Islam
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
(1)بَابُ الصَّرِيحِ (صَرِيحُهُ مَا لَمْ يُسْتَعْمَلْ إلَّا فِيهِ) وَلَوْ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ (كَطَلَّقْتُك وَأَنْتِ طَالِقٌ وَمُطَلَّقَةٌ)
(وَفِي أَنْتِ الطَّلَاقُ) أَوْ طَلَاقٌ (أَوْ أَنْتِ طَالِقُ الطَّلَاقِ أَوْ أَنْتِ طَالِقٌ طَلَاقًا يَقَعُ وَاحِدَةٌ رَجْعِيَّةٌ إنْ لَمْ يَنْوِ شَيْئًا
رد المحتار، ج٣ ص٢٤٧ ، ٢٥١، دار الفكر
(2)بَابُ الْكِنَايَاتِ (كِنَايَتُهُ) عِنْدَ الْفُقَهَاءِ (مَا لَمْ يُوضَعْ لَهُ) أَيْ الطَّلَاقِ (وَاحْتَمَلَهُ) وَغَيْرَهُ (فَ) الْكِنَايَاتُ (لَا تَطْلُقُ بِهَا)
قَضَاءً (إلَّا بِنِيَّةٍ أَوْ دَلَالَةِ الْحَالِ) وَهِيَ حَالَةُ مُذَاكَرَةِ الطَّلَاقِ أَوْ الْغَضَبِ، رد المحتار، ج٣ ص٢٩٦، دار الفكر