Question
There is a controversy prevailing on the question of three Talaaqs. Some people say that three Talaaqs issued in a single session or all at once equal ONE Talaaq whereas we have always known three Talaaqs to be counted as Three Talaaqs. In support of Three Talaaqs uttered simultaneously being one Talaaq, they quote Shaikh Ibn Taimiyyah. Please explain the Shariah’s viewpoint.
Answer
The Shariah’s viewpoint is what you and the entire Ummah have known and believed in for more than fourteen centuries, namely THREE TALAAQS ARE THREE TALAAQS regardless of the manner the three are issued, whether staggered over a period of years or administered in one statement. When THREE Talaaqs have been issued it is termed Talaaq Mughallazah which finally and irrevocably terminates the Nikah. Reconciliation is no longer valid. Only if the woman marries someone else, and if after consummation of the marriage, the second husband divorces her, may she again marry her previous husband.
It is our intention to, Insha’Allah, write a booklet in response and refutation of all the baseless arguments which cranks in this age have acquired from the deviate Shaikh Ibn Taimiyyah for the baatil contention of three talaaqs equalling one talaaq. The aim of this article is to appeal to the intelligence of laymen who do not understand the technical and academic dalaa-il (proofs). The arguments presented in this article are simple for comprehension by unbiased intelligence uncontaminated by nafsaani dictates. Bear in mind the following facts:
(1) Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “Never
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