Fatwas Archive

Question: A man divorced his wife and, outwardly, he appeared free of insanity; then afterward insanity appeared in him. We feared that the divorce may have occurred at the onset of the illness, and doubt arose for us concerning the...

Question: A man divorced his wife while intoxicated from consuming both hashish and wine. What is the ruling on his divorce? The manner of his divorce was that he addressed a group of men among whom was his wife, and...

Question: A man who appears to have some obsessive misgivings said: What is incumbent upon one who says: “I will say later: ‘She is divorced’”?

Question: A man, in a state of psychological agitation, said that his wife is divorced a thousand times, and that she is to him “like the back of his mother.” What is the ruling?

Question: What is the ruling on the divorce of a man afflicted with diabetes?

Question: A man afflicted with diabetes, hypertension, and an enlarged heart divorced his wife—first, then second, then third. Is there any solution to this, bearing in mind that were we not to “break the hazelnut’s shell,” he would kill whichever...

Question: A man said to his wife, “If you leave the house, I will break your leg—or you are divorced,” giving a choice between breaking her leg or divorce. What is the ruling?

Question: In some regions one hears phrases like: “Do not enter so-and-so’s house; and if you enter, then your entering is your divorce,” and like: “If I do not sell such-and-such by Thursday, then it is your divorce.” What is...

Question: A man says to his wife: “It is your divorce if you do such-and-such,” and then she does it. What is the ruling? This question came from al-Jawf.

Question: If a man prevents his daughter from returning to her husband, a dispute arises between the husband and the father, and matters culminate in divorce—while the wife was pregnant and then gave birth—does the wife, in this case, deserve...