Three talaqs after a single talaq

Question

Question: Zayd is a vagabond and a scoundrel; he beats his wife Hinda. Once, in anger, he said: “تو رنڈی ہے، رنڈی میں نے تجھے طلاق دیدی ہے” (“You are a whore; whore, I have given you talaq”). After that he ran at her with a knife; Hinda, saving her life, came to her father’s house. After some time it was settled thus: “I will treat her well.” After that he began to swear and abuse, and then said: “میں تجھے طلاق دیتا ہوں طلاق دیتا ہوں، طلاق دیتا ہوں” (“I give you talaq, I give talaq, I give talaq”)

Answer

The first time he gave one talaq, and it took effect at that time. Then, if he did not take her back (ruju‘), the ‘idda ended upon the completion of three menstruations (hayd) from that time. If, after the first talaq, he took her back within the ‘idda — that is, said with his tongue, “I have taken back my talaq,” or did some act of the kind that husband and wife do — then the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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