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Telling others that he has divorced her  

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

If a man tell people that he has divorced his wife, but he hasn’t told her, is she divorced?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

A condition for divorce is that the man articulate an expression from among the expressions of divorce, or an expression that indicates divorce with the intention of divorce. A woman is divorced by this, even if she does not know it. It is not a condition of divorce that the wife know about it.

[As for the specifics of your situation, please consult a reliable scholar on how to soundly proceed.]

Amjad Rasheed

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

السؤال : إن أخبر رجلٌ الناسَ بأنه طلّق زوجته , لكنه لم يخبرها هل هي مطلّقة ؟ الجواب : شرطُ وقوع الطلاق أن يتلفظ الزوجُ بلفظ من ألفاظ الطلاق أو ما يدل عليه مع نيته ، فتطلق بذلك المرأة ولو لم تعلم ذلك ، فليس من شرط صحة الطلاق علمُ الزوجة به .

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