Question
My husband gave me Talaaq as follows: "I want to give you one talaaq tonight.". After some time he sends me a cell phone message, saying: "I am giving you your second talaaq." After a few days, he sends another message: "I am giving you the third talaaq." We require clarity on the number of talaaqs. Did my husband issue three or two talaaqs?
Answer
The first statement, "I want to give you one talaaq tonight., is not Talaaq. If at the time when he made the second Talaaq statement, he had assumed that the first statement was Talaaq, hence he said '2nd Talaaq', then it will be only one Talaaq. The same applies to the third statement. If he was adding the first statement, thinking that it was a valid Talaaq, then it will be two Talaaqs since the first statement was not a valid Talaaq.
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