Talaq in the Present-Tense Form

Question

Zayd said to his wife, the said Hinda, in these words: “تم کو طلاق دیتے ہیں، طلاق دیتے ہیں، طلاق دیتے ہیں” (“We give you talaq, we give talaq, we give talaq”). Has talaq taken effect in this case or not? If it has, then of what kind — revocable (raj‘i), irrevocable (ba’in) or major (mughallaza) — according to the noble Shari‘a? Kindly write it below.

Answer

These words “تم کو طلاق دیتے ہیں” (“we give you talaq”) are a present-tense form, and talaq takes effect by the present-tense form too. Hence by saying it three times a major (mughallaza) divorce has occurred; keeping her without halala is not right: [ar]وفي المحيط: لو قال بالعربية: أطلق، لا يكون طلاقًا إلا إذا غلب استعماله للحال فيكون طلاقًا[/ar] “In al-Muhit: if he said in…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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