Permission to the Wife to Remarry Given by Letter

Question

Question: Muhammad Razi’s marriage to one Zahra Begum, daughter of ‘Abdullah Shah, took place in January ’39, but the bride’s send-off to her husband’s home had not taken place. It so happened that the said Muhammad Razi had a quarrel and strife with his sister and mother over some household matter, and during that strife, while he was seized by intense anger and was extremely distraught, he, in that distraught state, on 11 November ’39 sent by post from Meerut to the city of Lahore, addressed to his…

Answer

If the content of the postcard is Muhammad Razi’s and he admits it, then according to the Shari‘a one irrevocable (ba’in) talaq has taken effect on his wife, because in this writing there are three expressions for talaq. The first is “wherever you please, give your daughter in a second marriage at once”; the second is “and she too has permission from me, she may marry.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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