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Jokingly divorcing one’s wife on WhatsApp

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Q: I was working in the Gulf 20 days back and I sent my wife’s sister a WhatsApp message as joke. I wrote: “I don’t like you and your family so talaq talaq talaq. So tell me how much I have to pay and you are my sister” I was just joking and I don’t know much about talaq, only what I see on tv news. I am in India but my wife is telling me that I have given her talaq so everything ends now and I should go back home. Allah knows I was just joking and really I don’t know about talaq laws.

Bismillaah

A: If you were referring to your wife then your wife is out of your nikaah completely.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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