The ruling on the words “talaq, talaq, talaq”

Question

Question: A widow was given in marriage to a man by the people who had for a long time been responsible for feeding and providing for her, without the consent of his father, that is, the widow’s father-in-law; since then about a week or ten days had passed. The said father-in-law of the widow remained displeased from that very day, and his sons and other people kept trying to win his consent; over this there were quarrels between the father and the sons.

Answer

In the situation asked about, a major (mughallaza) divorce has taken effect according to the Shari‘a; now nikah without halala is not valid. The form of halala is that the said woman, after completing the ‘idda, marries in the proper manner, and that man has intercourse with her, and then by Allah’s decree dies or gives her talaq; then, after the ‘idda, a second nikah will be…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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