Is Reading Out the Divorce Deed Necessary?

Question

Question: In “Fatawa ‘Alamgiri” and “Shami” the following text is written: [ar]وَفِيهِ أَيْضًا: رَجُلٌ اسْتَكْتَبَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ كِتَابًا بِطَلَاقِهَا، وَقَرَأَهُ عَلَى الزَّوْجِ، فَأَخَذَهُ وَطَوَاهُ وَخَتَمَ وَكَتَبَ فِي عُنْوَانِهِ وَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ، فَأَتَاهَا الْكِتَابُ، وَأَقَرَّ الزَّوْجُ أَنَّهُ كِتَابُهُ، فَإِنَّ الطَّلَاقَ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا.

Answer

The condition “he read it out to the husband” is in all the books, but the ruling in the absence of reading it out to the husband with respect to the case asked about was not found explicitly stated in any book. From various particular rulings (juz’iyyat)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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