Talaq by the words “There is no relation with us, go wherever you want”

Question

A man named Rasul, son of the respected Zuhur, in the presence of witnesses — the respected Gharib, the village headman Rahim Bakhsh and others — took out all the jewellery of his wife named Nazira, took her from his house to her parents’ home, and sent word: “ہم سے اس سے کوئی مطلب نہیں، اس کی طبیعت جہاں چاہے جائے، ہم سے اس سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے” (“We have nothing to do with her; let her go wherever she pleases; we have no relation with her”). A long time has passed, and the said man has married a second time.

Answer

The said words are among the allusive expressions of talaq (kinayat). So if he intended talaq by these words, an irrevocable (ba’in) talaq has taken effect: [ar]وفي الفتاوى: لم يبق بيني وبينك عمل، ونوى، يقع، كذا في العتابية، ولو قال لها: اذهبي أيّ طريقٍ شئتِ، لا يقع بدون النية وإن كان في حال مذاكرة الطلاق[/ar] “In al-Fatawa: ‘There remains no dealing between me and you’ — and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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