Nikah without talaq, talaq without cause, and improper words in a request for a fatwa

Question

Question: In the period of control there was an association from which the community benefited, but a certain ‘Isa, by sowing division, caused the community considerable harm and became humiliated and despised in the eyes of the community. ‘Isa married his daughter Fatima to ‘Abd al-Sattar; as was customary, she kept going to her in-laws’ home. On the occasion of ‘Id al-Adha, when she came to her parental home, he did not send the girl back again and married her to another young man.

Answer

Sowing division in the community for personal benefit is, according to the Shari‘a, extremely vile and blameworthy, which everyone knows — it is not even a matter to ask about. If the husband has not given talaq and no Shari‘a separation (tafriq)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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