Talaq by the words “I gave talaq — no, I gave it, gave it…”

Question

Question: A young man, in a state of anger, said these words to his wife: “طلاق دی، نہیں دیدی، دیدی” (“I gave talaq — no, I gave it away, gave it away”); he said it three or four times. At the time the young man said these words his wife was not at home. The wife is about eight months pregnant. Now he and his wife do not want to separate. Please inform us of the ruling of the Shari‘a: will talaq take effect in this case? And if it does, which kind? Will nikah without halala be permissible?

Answer

When he said “talaq” to his wife in anger, this was a light word, with which the right of taking back (ruju‘) remained. To remove this lightness and to end the right of taking back he said, “No, I gave it away, gave it away”, and said it this way three or four times. The meaning of this is: “I have given away not one but three, and not a revocable (raj‘i)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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