A divorce deed

Question

What talaq has occurred through the following divorce deed, and how many talaqs have taken effect? Can a nikah take place without halala or not? The divorce deed is this: “The marital bond between me and you, which my parents and yours established like a game of dolls twenty-six years ago, when I was twenty-one years old and you were twenty — but throughout this whole period you kept yourself free of all the obligations of married life, and in this period you never once gave the opportunity to understand that I am…

Answer

In this case an irrevocable (ba’in) talaq has taken effect. If both are willing, a renewed nikah is valid; there is no need for halala.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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