Ruling on seven talaqs

Question

Question: A man, in one sitting and in a state of anger, said to his wife: “تو میرے اوپر سات طلاق سے حرام” (“you are haram for me with seven talaqs”), “تو میرے اوپر سات طلاق سے حرام” (“you are haram for me with seven talaqs”), “تو میرے اوپر سات طلاق سے حرام” (“you are haram for me with seven talaqs”). How can the divorced woman become permissible for this man according to the Hanafi school? Kindly write with references to reliable books.

Answer

In the case asked about, three talaqs have taken effect and the divorce has become major (mughallaza). Now keeping her without halala is haram: [ar]وإن كان الطلاق ثلاثًا في الحرة وثنتين في الأمة لم تحل له حتى تنكح زوجًا غيره نكاحًا صحيحًا ويدخل بها ثم يطلقها أو يموت عنها، كذا في الهداية[/ar] “If the talaq is three in the case of a free woman, or two in the case of a slave…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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