The Ruling on “I Give Talaq… Not Once — I Say It a Thousand Times”

Question

Three years have passed since Zayd, caught up in some domestic troubles, said in the presence of several women about his wife Hinda: “I give Hinda talaq”, and he also said: “Not once — I say it a thousand times”, and then he began to express regret. So Hinda left Zayd’s house for her parents’ home, and Hinda’s parents began to demand from Zayd, through the community council, the dowry goods, the mahr debt and so on.

Answer

Two sentences of the husband have been quoted. The first: “I give Hinda talaq.” By this sentence one revocable (raj‘i) talaq has taken effect on Hinda, and within the ‘idda the husband has the right of taking back (ruju‘) from this talaq. The second sentence: “Not once — I say it a thousand times.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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