Talaq by Denying the Nikah

Question

Question: Zayd was married, but elsewhere, in front of several reliable people, he swore and said: «میرا نکاح کسی سے نہیں ہوا» (“My nikah has not been contracted with anyone”). And he neither calls his wife to his home nor keeps any kind of relations with her. In such a case, has his wife become divorced or not?

Answer

Merely by saying this, talaq has not taken effect: [ar]وإن قال: لم أتزوجك، ونوى الطلاق، لا يقع الطلاق بالإجماع، كذا في البدائع. ولو قال: ما لي امرأة، لا يقع وإن نوى، وكذا لو قال: علي حجة إن كانت لي امرأة، وهذا بالإجماع، ذكره الإمام السرخسي في شرحه، والشيخ الإمام نجم الدين في شرح الشافي، كذا في الخلاصة[/ar] “If he said, ‘I did not marry you,’ and intended talaq, talaq does not…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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