The talaq of one under coercion: in detail and with proofs

Question

Respected Hazrat Mufti, may his blessings endure! As-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Question. A hadith from Mishkat: [ar]عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ﵂ قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا طَلَاقَ وَلَا عِتَاقَ فِي إِغْلَاقٍ (رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ). قِيلَ: مَعْنَى الْإِغْلَاقِ الْإِكْرَاهُ.[/ar] “It is narrated from ‘A’isha ﵂ that she said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “There is no talaq and no manumission of a slave in ighlaq”’ (narrated by Abu Dawud and Ibn Maja).

Answer

[ar]نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلِّي عَلَى رَسُولِهِ الْكَرِيمِ[/ar] “We praise Him and invoke blessings upon His noble Messenger.” In order to declare the talaq of one under coercion (mukrah) invalid and legally non-existent, three proofs have been put forward against Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa ﵀, and the accusation has been made that Hazrat Imam A‘zam ﵀ abandoned the hadith and adopted…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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