Giving talaaq (divorce) three times at once is bid’ah
Question: 2373
Could you please let me know according to
the Shafi mishep, if a man can give his wife Talaaq tree(3) times at once.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
Giving talaaq (divorce) three times at once is bid’ah, and
goes against the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): “… When you divorce
women, divorce them at their ‘iddah (prescribed periods)…” [al-Talaaq
65:1]. If a Muslim wants to divorce his wife, he should divorce her according to the
Sunnah, which is to give one talaaq at a time when his wife is taahir (not menstruating)
and he has not yet had intercourse with her following her period, or when it is clear that
she is pregnant. According to the Shaafi’i madhhab and the majority of other
madhhabs, giving three talaaqs at once counts as three separate talaaqs and is
irrevocable, and the couple cannot remarry until the woman has been married to and
divorced from another man. Other scholars say that three talaaqs given at once count as
only one talaaq.
And Allaah knows best.
Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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