Abandoning taqlid does not remove the major prohibition

Question

Question: Sayyid Fazl Ilahi gave talaq to his wife, one Asiya Khatun, in this way: “طلاق طلاق طلاق” (“talaq, talaq, talaq”) — nine times in this manner — and then for some time kept admitting it in another sitting as well. After that he sought a fatwa from the ‘ulama’ and was told that now a renewed marriage contract without halala is not permissible.

Answer

After three talaqs the major prohibition (hurma mughallaza) has been established; a renewed nikah without halala is by no means permitted. This is established by the Noble Qur’an, the noble hadith, and the consensus (ijma‘) of the umma and the salaf; the four imams are agreed on it. When, in following (taqlid)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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