Attributing Talaq to the Woman: Words of Talaq Addressed to the Mother-in-Law

Question

Zayd was quarrelling with his mother-in-law about his brother-in-law and the in-laws. When Zayd went out of the house, his mother-in-law said: “Why are you going back?” So Zayd came back and, addressing his mother-in-law, began saying: “Will you take talaq, then?” (کیا تم طلاق لے لو گی) — and uttered with his tongue: “ایک طلاق دو طلاق تین طلاق بائن طلاق” (“one talaq, two talaqs, three talaqs, ba’in talaq”).

Answer

(1–6) If Zayd did not address talaq to his wife, did not name her, did not point to her, did not refer a pronoun to her, did not mention any attribute of hers, and did not call out to her, but uttered the words mentioned while addressing his mother-in-law, and now, on being asked, says that he did not give talaq to his wife and did not intend to give talaq to his wife, then…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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