“If you do not come, then to you one talaq, two talaqs, three talaqs”

Question

Zayd married a woman; for a long time there was unity and harmony, then quarrels became constant. One day Zayd said in anger, “Won’t you come to me?” and called her in this way three times. The wife says in reply, “Until the dispute is settled I will not come to you.” Then Zayd said: «اگر تو نہیں آئے گی تو تجھ کو ایک طلاق، دو طلاق، تین طلاق» (“If you do not come, then to you one talaq, two talaqs, three talaqs”). The woman is six months pregnant. If Zayd wishes to bring her back into nikah, what will be the way?

Answer

Talaq has not yet taken place, because Zayd made the talaq conditional on a condition, and no immediate (tanjiz) talaq occurred; therefore, before the condition is fulfilled, there will be no ruling of talaq. And the condition on which he suspended it he did not restrict by saying, “If you do not come by such-and-such a time, then to you one talaq, two talaqs, three talaqs”;…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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