Admitting three talaqs after pronouncing an unqualified talaq, with the fatwa of Imarat-e Shariah Bihar

Question

Question: Zayd said to his wife Zubayda, “میں نے تجھے طلاق دیا” (“I have given you talaq”), and at the same time he also had the thought in his heart that he would now definitely not keep her. Zayd’s friends arrived right then and asked about the situation, and since Zayd’s intention was not to keep her, he said, “میں نے اس کو تین طلاق دیدی ہے، اب اس سے ہمارا کوئی واسطہ نہیں ہے” (“I have given her three talaqs; now we have nothing to do with her”).

Answer

Answer from Imarat-e Shariah Bihar In the case asked about, if Zayd really gave his wife only one talaq and made the admission of three talaqs falsely, then religiously (diyanatan) only one talaq has occurred to his wife. He has the right to take her back (ruju‘)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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