Talaq by saying “Now I have no connection with you”

Question

The situation in question is as follows: Zayd married Hinda about a year and a half ago. Zayd turned out to be of a free-spirited temperament, and quarrels began from the very start. Some time ago Hinda had come to her parents’ home; Zayd came to visit, and, as before, a quarrel began. Zayd wanted to take Hinda with him, but under these circumstances Hinda was not willing to go, since matters had reached the point of beating.

Answer

(1) Zayd’s words “اب میرا تجھ سے کوئی رابطہ نہیں رہا، ہمیشہ اپنے ماں باپ کے گھر رہ” (“Now there remains no connection between me and you; live always in your parents’ home”) are allusive expressions (kinaya) of talaq: if they are said with the intention of talaq, an irrevocable (ba’in) talaq takes effect. The pronouncing of an explicit (sarih)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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