Talaq of an Insane Person

Question

A man named Baytmus (بیتموس), seven or eight days after his wedding, became insane, such that he could not tell good from bad or kin from stranger. With treatment and medicines he recovered quite well within five months; after a year he went to his wife. He went to some feast among his relatives and kin and came back displeased, and one day after the maghrib prayer, in front of the mosque, in the presence of two reliable men — the first named Munir al-Din and the second ‘Abd al-Mannan — he said: “میری بیوی کو ایک…

Answer

[ar]قال في التلويح: الجنون اختلال القوة المميزة بين الأمور الحسنة والقبيحة المدركة للعواقب بأن لا تظهر آثارها وتتعطل أفعالها، إما لنقصان جُبل عليه دماغه في أصل الخلقة، وإما لخروج مزاج الدماغ عن الاعتدال بسبب خلط أو آفة، وإما لاستيلاء الشيطان عليه وإلقاء الخيالات الفاسدة إليه بحيث يفرح ويفزع من غير ما يصلح سببًا اهـ[/ar] “In al-Talwih it is said: insanity is a disturbance of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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