What Is Talaq al-Sunnah? When Should It Be Given?
2The Recommended Method of Divorce
3How to Divorce a Pregnant Woman
4Ruling if a Man Divorces His Wife During Menstruation
5Those Who Count the Menstrual Period in the ‘Iddah
6Those Scholars Who Consider Divorce During Menstruation Valid
7If One Divorce Is Given in Each Tuhr, When Does the Iddah Begin?
8Appointing Witnesses When Revoking Divorce
9Ruling on Revoking Divorce in One's Heart
10If a Man Says to His Wife: 'If You Enter This House, You Are Divorced,' and She Enters Unknowingly—Is It Necessary to Appoint Witnesses Upon His Knowledge When Revoking?
11Those Scholars Who Consider Three Divorces in One Sitting Disliked but Effective
12Those Scholars Who See No Harm in Issuing Three Divorces at Once
13Ruling If a Man Issues One Hundred or One Thousand Divorces in a Single Statement
14Ruling If a Man Says: 'You Are Divorced as Many Times as the Number of Stars'
15If a Man Says: 'The Day I Marry So-and-So, She Is Divorced'—Those Scholars Who Consider This Statement Invalid
16Ruling If a Man Says: 'The Day I Marry So-and-So, She Is Divorced Three Times'
17Those Scholars Who Say Such Divorce Occurs, and If Linked to a Time, It Occurs at That Time
18Ruling If a Man Says: 'Whichever Woman I Marry Is Divorced' Without Specifying a Time
19Ruling If a Man Divorces His Wife Three Times Before Consummation
20Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife Three Times Before Consummation: 'You Are Divorced'
21Those Scholars Who Say Only One Divorce Occurs If Three Are Given Before Consummation
22Ruling If a Man Divorces His Wife, Then Affirms It to Multiple People
23If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are Divorced for One Year'—When Does the Divorce Take Effect?
24Those Scholars Who Say Divorce Occurs Immediately If a Time Period Is Specified
25Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'Count Your Iddah'
26Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife Three Times: 'Count Your Iddah'
27Ruling If a Man Says: 'You Are Divorced, Count Your Iddah' Three Times
28Ruling on the Divorce of a Madman
29Ruling on the Divorce of a Mentally Deficient Person
30Ruling on the Divorce of Someone Who Suffers from Fainting or Episodes of Madness
31Can the Guardian of a Mad or Mentally Deficient Person Issue Divorce on Their Behalf?
32Ruling on a Madman Who May Harm His Wife
33Ruling on the Divorce Issued by a Child
34Ruling on Divorce by Someone with 'Barsam' Disease or Who Speaks Irrationally
35Ruling on the Divorce of an Intoxicated Person
36Those Scholars Who Do Not Consider the Divorce of an Intoxicated Person Valid
37Ruling If a Man Claims He Meant Someone Other Than His Wife When Issuing Divorce
38Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'I Permit You, Marry Whomever You Wish'
39Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'I Have No Need for You'
40Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'I Have Left Your Path' or 'I Have No Right Over You'
41If a Man Issues Three Divorces to His Pregnant Wife, She Is Not Permissible for Him Until She Marries Another
42Ruling If a Man Writes Divorce for His Wife with His Own Hand
43How Does a Minor Girl Observe Iddah After Divorce?
44How to Divorce a Woman Who Does Not Menstruate Due to Minority or Old Age
45Ruling If a Man Has Multiple Wives and Says: 'One of You Is Divorced' Without Naming Her
46Ruling If a Man Issues Divorce Saying 'InshaAllah' But Begins With Divorce
47Exemption Clauses in Divorce
48Those Scholars Who Say Forced Divorce Is Not Valid
49Those Scholars Who Consider Forced Divorce Valid
50Ruling If a Man Forbids One Wife from Leaving, but the Other Leaves and He Mistakenly Divorces the First
51Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'Go to Your Family'
52Ruling If a Man Issues a Half Divorce to His Wife
53Ruling If a Man Divorces His Wife in His Heart
54Ruling If a Man Entrusts His Wife's Matter to Another, Who Then Issues Divorce
55Ruling If a Man Entrusts His Wife's Matter to Her and She Divorces Herself
56Ruling If a Man Gives His Wife Authority and She Says: 'You Are Divorced Three Times'
57Ruling If a Man Gives His Wife Authority and She Chooses Herself
58Saying 'You Have Authority' and 'Your Matter Is in Your Hands' Are Equivalent
59Ruling If a Woman Does Not Accept the Authority Given to Her and Leaves the Gathering
60Those Scholars Who Say the Woman Retains Authority Until She Speaks
61Can a Man Revoke the Authority Given to His Wife Before She Uses It?
62Ruling If a Man Gives His Wife Authority for Three Divorces and She Uses Only One
63Ruling If a Man Gives His Wife Authority and She Remains Silent
64Ruling If a Man Issues an Irrevocable Divorce
65Ruling on Saying 'Takhliyah' to a Woman
66Ruling on Saying 'You Are Free of Obligation' to a Woman
67Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are Separated from Me'
68Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are a Burden to Me'
69Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are Forbidden to Me'
70Those Scholars Who Say 'You Are Forbidden to Me' Is an Oath, Not Divorce
71Ruling If a Man Says: 'All That Is Lawful for Me Is Forbidden'
72Ruling If a Man Gifts His Wife to Her Own Family
73Ruling If a Woman Says to Her Husband: 'Allah Has Given You Relief from Me' and He Agrees
74Ruling If a Man Says: 'You Have One Divorce Equal to a Thousand Divorces' or 'Equal to the Load of a Camel'
75Ruling If a Man Issues Three Divorces and Then Denies It
76Ruling If a Man Accidentally Utters Divorce While Intending Something Else
77Ruling If a Man Issues a Bain Divorce and Then Another During Iddah
78How Many Divorces Are Allowed for a Slave Married to a Free Woman or a Free Man Married to a Slave Woman?
79Those Scholars Who Say Divorce Is for Men and Iddah Is for Women
80Those Scholars Who Say Selling a Slave Woman After Marrying Her Off Is Equivalent to Divorce
81Those Scholars Who Say This Is Not Divorce, but the Buyer Cannot Consummate Until Divorce Is Issued
82If a Master Permits His Slave to Marry, the Right of Divorce Belongs to the Slave
83Those Scholars Who Say If a Slave Marries Without the Master's Permission, the Right of Divorce Belongs to the Master
84If a Woman Accepts Islam Before Her Husband, Separation Is Enforced
85Those Scholars Who Say No Separation If a Non-Muslim Woman Accepts Islam While Her Husband Remains a Non-Muslim
86Those Scholars Who Say If a Non-Muslim Woman Accepts Islam and Her Husband Refuses, It Is Like One Divorce
87Those Scholars Who Say If the Husband Accepts Islam During the Wife's Iddah, He Has More Right to Reconcile
88Those Scholars Who Say There Is No Waiting Period in Zihar
89Ruling If a Man Says: 'If I Approach You, You Are Like My Mother's Back to Me'
90Those Scholars Who Consider Mubarā'ah (Mutual Dissociation) as Divorce
91Those Scholars Who Say Every Separation Is Divorce
92Ruling If a Freed Slave Woman Is Given Choice and She Chooses Herself
93Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'If You Wish, You Are Divorced'
94Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are Not My Wife'
95Ruling If a Married Man Is Asked: 'Do You Have a Wife?' and He Says No
96Ruling If a Man Is Asked: 'Did You Divorce Your Wife?' and He Says Yes Without Actually Doing So
97Ruling If a Man Issues Divorce in One Word but Intends Three
98Those Scholars Who Say Lian Is One Divorce
99If a Man Divorces His Wife Once or Twice, Then Remarries Her—How Many Divorces Remain?
100Those Scholars Who Say a New Right of Divorce Is Established in Such Cases
101Ruling If a Man Says: 'If You Become Pregnant, You Are Divorced'
102Ruling If Either of a Magian Couple Accepts Islam
103Those Scholars Who Say Divorce and Freeing a Slave Are Binding Without Jest
104Ruling on Issuing Divorce in a Language Other Than Arabic
105When Is It Permissible for a Man to Offer Khul to His Wife?
106How Many Divorces Is Khul Equivalent To?
107Those Scholars Who Do Not Consider Khul as Divorce
108Iddah of a Woman Who Has Taken Khul
109Those Scholars Who Say the Iddah of a Woman Who Has Taken Khul Is One Menstrual Cycle
110Where Should a Woman Who Has Taken Khul Observe Her Iddah?
111Can Khul Be Done Without the Sultan's Intervention?
112Those Scholars Who Say It Is Necessary to Go to the Sultan for Khul
113Those Scholars Who Say Divorce After Khul Is Effective
114Those Scholars Who Say Divorce During Iddah After Khul Is Not Effective
115Is Maintenance Obligatory on the Husband During the Iddah of Khul?
116Scholarly Opinions on Muta’ for a Woman Who Has Taken Khul
117Can the Husband Reconcile with a Woman Who Has Taken Khul?
118It Is Not Permissible to Take More Than the Dowry as Compensation for Khul
119Those Scholars Who Allow More Than the Dowry as Compensation for Khul
120If a Woman Takes Khul, Then Remarries the Same Husband and Is Divorced Before Consummation—How Much Dowry Is Due?
121Those Scholars Who Say She Is Entitled to Half the Dowry
122Ruling If a Woman Takes Khul During Her Husband's Final Illness and He Dies During Her Iddah
123Those Scholars Who Say Four Months of Ila' Is Considered One Divorce
124Those Scholars Who Say the Ruling After Four Months of Ila' Depends on the Husband
125Those Scholars Who Did Not Consider Ila' as Divorce
126Those Scholars Who Say the Woman Must Observe Iddah After Four Months of Ila'
127Those Scholars Who Say Ila' Less Than Four Months Is Not Valid
128Those Scholars Who Say Ila' Less Than Four Months Is Valid
129If a Man Wishes to Break His Ila' Oath but Cannot Due to Illness—Is Declaring It Sufficient for Reconciliation?
130Those Scholars Who Say Ila' Is Not Ended Without Consummation
131Ila' Waiting Period for a Slave Woman
132Ruling If a Man Divorces His Wife After Making Ila'
133Ila' Occurs in Both Anger and Happiness
134Those Scholars Who Say Ila' Is Only Valid With an Oath
135Ruling If a Man Makes Ila', the Wife Observes Iddah, and He Then Divorces Her
136Waiting Period for Ila' If a Slave Divorces His Free Wife
137Those Scholars Who Say the Husband Can Propose During the Wife's Ila' Iddah
138Is Maintenance Obligatory on the Husband During Ila'?
139Those Scholars Who Say Swearing Not to Have Intercourse in a Certain Place Is Not Ila'
140Those Scholars Who Say Maintenance Is Obligatory for a Woman Divorced Three Times
141Those Scholars Who Say a Woman Divorced Three Times Is Not Entitled to Maintenance
142Is Maintenance Obligatory for a Pregnant Woman Who Is Divorced?
143Is Maintenance Due to a Pregnant Woman Who Has Taken Khul?
144Those Scholars Who Say Maintenance Is Not Due to a Pregnant Woman Who Has Taken Khul
145Those Scholars Who Say a Slave Who Divorces His Pregnant Wife Must Provide Maintenance
146Those Scholars Who Say If a Man Divorces His Wife Without Setting a Dowry or Consummation, He Must Pay Muta’
147Those Scholars Who Say Every Divorced Woman Is Entitled to Muta’
148Those Scholars Who Say a Woman with a Specified Dowry Is Not Entitled to Muta’
149What Is Muta’?
150Maximum and Minimum Amounts of Muta’
151How Does a Woman in Istihada Observe Iddah After Divorce?
152Those Scholars Who Say a Woman in Nifas Counts Nifas in Her Iddah
153How to Determine If a Woman Is in Istihada
154What Is Meant by 'Aqra’'?
155Iddah of an Umm Walad Slave Woman—Those Scholars Who Say She Observes Three Menstrual Cycles Upon Her Master's Death
156Those Scholars Who Hold That the Waiting Period Is Four Months and Ten Days
157Those Scholars Who Hold That the Waiting Period for an Umm Walad Slave Woman Is One Menstruation
158If an Umm Walad Is Freed, How Long Is Her Waiting Period?
159If a Slave Woman Is Divorced, How Long Is Her Waiting Period?
160If Someone Frees His Slave Woman, Is She Obliged to Observe a Waiting Period?
161If a Slave Woman Is Freed and Has a Husband, and She Chooses Herself, What Is the Ruling on Her Waiting Period?
162If a Man Divorces His Slave Wife and Then Frees Her, What Is the Ruling on Her Waiting Period?
163If a Man Dies While Married to a Slave Woman and She Is Freed After His Death, What Is the Ruling?
164If a Woman Marries During Her Waiting Period and Then Separation Occurs, Which Waiting Period Does She Observe First?
165If a Woman Is Pregnant with Another Man's Child While Married, and the Child Dies, Those Scholars Who Say the Husband Cannot Approach Her Until She Menstruates
166If a Sexually Incapable Man and His Wife Are Separated, Does the Woman Observe a Waiting Period?
167Is the Apostate's Wife Obliged to Observe a Waiting Period?
168If a Dhimmi Woman Is Divorced or Her Husband Dies and She Becomes Muslim During Her Waiting Period, How Long Is Her Waiting Period?
169Those Scholars Who Hold That the Divorce and Waiting Period of Christian and Jewish Women Are Like That of Muslim Women
170If a Man Divorces His Pregnant Wife with Twins and She Delivers One, What Is the Ruling on Her Waiting Period?
171Those Scholars Who Hold That Delivering One Child Ends the Waiting Period
172Where Should a Woman Observe Her Waiting Period?
173Those Scholars Who Hold That a Divorced Woman May Stay Elsewhere During Her Waiting Period
174If a Woman Was Living in a Rented House and Is Divorced, What Should She Do?
175Can a Woman Perform Hajj During Her Waiting Period?
176Those Scholars Who Permitted Women to Perform Hajj During the Waiting Period
177Those Scholars Who Hold That a Widow Should Observe Her Waiting Period in Her Husband's House
178Those Scholars Who Allow a Widow to Leave Her Husband's House After His Death
179If a Man Divorces His Wife, She Experiences One or Two Menstruations, Marries Another, Does the First Husband Have the Right to Take Her Back?
180If a Slave Woman's Husband Dies, How Long Is Her Waiting Period?
181If a Man Divorces His Wife and She Experiences a Third Menstruation During the Waiting Period, Those Scholars Who Say the Husband Can No Longer Take Her Back
182Those Scholars Who Hold That the Husband May Take Her Back Until She Performs Ghusl After the Third Menstruation
183If a Man Publicly Divorces His Wife and Then Takes Her Back Without Her Knowledge and She Marries Another, What Is the Ruling?
184If a Man Divorces or Dies, From Which Day Does the Woman Begin Her Waiting Period?
185Those Scholars Who Say the Waiting Period Begins the Day the Woman Learns of the Divorce or Death
186Those Scholars Who Hold That the Waiting Period Begins When Witnesses Testify to the Divorce or Death
187If a Married Slave Runs Away, Is His Running Away Considered Divorce?
188Does the Husband (Who Has the Right to Take Back His Divorced Wife) Need Permission to Visit Her?
189If the Husband Has the Right to Take Her Back, the Woman Cannot Leave the House Without His Permission
190Those Scholars Who Hold That a Woman Given Revocable Divorce May Adorn Herself
191A Woman Given Three Divorces Is Like a Widow Regarding Adornment
192What Forms of Adornment Should a Widow Avoid During Her Waiting Period?
193If a Pregnant Woman's Husband Dies, Her Expenses Are Paid from Her Inheritance Share
194Those Scholars Who Say That If a Pregnant Woman's Husband Dies, Her Expenses Are Paid from the Entire Estate
195If an Umm Walad Is Pregnant and Her Master Dies, From Where Are Her Expenses Paid?
196If a Man Divorces His Wife and She Does Not Menstruate, What Is the Ruling?
197If a Man Divorces His Wife and Conceals the Divorce Until the Waiting Period Ends, What Is the Ruling?
198Those Scholars Who Say That the Decision of Two Arbitrators Between Husband and Wife Is Binding
199If a Man Is Unable to Provide for His Wife, Should He Be Forced to Divorce Her?
200Those Scholars Who Say That a Man Who Is Away Must Still Provide for His Wife; If Not, He Should Divorce Her
201If a Man Marries a Woman, Can She Demand Maintenance Before Consummation?
202If a Woman Leaves Her Husband's House in Disobedience, Is She Entitled to Maintenance?
203If a Man Divorces His Wife Three Times While Terminally Ill, Does She Inherit from His Estate?
204Those Scholars Who Say That If a Man Divorces His Wife While Terminally Ill and She Is Still in Her Waiting Period at His Death, She Inherits
205If a Man Has Already Given Two Divorces and Gives a Third While Terminally Ill, What Is the Ruling on Inheritance?
206If a Man Swears to Divorce or Free Someone Over an Act and Then Forgets and Does It, What Is the Ruling?
207If Two Men Swear to Divorce Their Wives Over Something They Do Not Know, What Is the Ruling?
208If a Parent Tells Their Son to Divorce His Wife, What Is the Ruling?
209If a Man Has Multiple Wives, Divorces One, and Dies Without Specifying Which, What Is the Ruling?
210If a Man Swears to Divorce His Wife If He Does Not Beat His Slave or Marries Another Woman, but Dies Before Doing So, What Is the Ruling?
211If a Man Divorces His Wife Three Times While Terminally Ill and Then Dies, Is the Widow's Waiting Period Obligatory?
212If a Man Says to His Umm Walad, 'You Are Forbidden to Me,' What Is the Ruling?
213If Three People Testify to a Man Divorcing His Wife in Different Places, What Is the Ruling?
214If a Man Says to His Wife, 'If You Enter So-and-So's House, You Are Divorced,' and She Enters Partially, What Is the Ruling?
215If a Man Says to His Wife, 'You Are Not Lawful for Me,' What Is the Ruling?
216If a Man Swears to Divorce His Wife Over a Thief and the Thief Escapes, What Is the Ruling?
217Can a Man Marry Off His Minor Daughter?
218If a Man Says to His Wife, 'When You Menstruate, You Are Divorced,' What Is the Ruling?
219If a Man Says to His Wife, 'You Are Divorced Whenever You Wish,' What Is the Ruling?
220Who Holds the Right of Divorce?
221Those Scholars Who Hold That Divorce Given in a State of Shirk Is Valid
222Explanation of the Quranic Verse: {And It Is Not Lawful for Them to Conceal What Allah Has Created in Their Wombs}
223If a Man Says to His Wife, 'You Are Divorced,' What Is the Ruling?
224How Much Maintenance Is Due to a Divorced Woman?
225If a Man Divorces a Woman with a Young Child, Who Gets Custody?
226Who Among Guardians and Uncles Has More Right to the Child?
227If a Man Says to His Wife, 'I Will Surely Be Very Angry with You,' What Is the Ruling?
228If a Man Divorces or Dies and There Is Property in the House, What Is the Ruling?
229If Both Parents Die and the Child Inherits Wealth, How Is Wet-Nursing Arranged?
230Explanation of the Quranic Verse: {And on the Heir Is the Like of That}
231Those Scholars Who Hold That the Child's Nursing Is the Man's Responsibility, Not the Woman's
232If a Man Divorces His Wife and She Has a Nursing Child, What Is the Ruling?
233Can a Woman Be Given from Her Daughter's Wealth?
234If a Man Accuses His Wife of Adultery and Dies Before Li'an, Do They Inherit from Each Other?
235If a Man Dies and His Wife Is Pregnant, What Is the Ruling?
236Who Is a Man Obliged to Support?
237If a Man Takes from His Father's Wealth Without Permission, What Is the Ruling?
238If a Man Calls His Wife 'My Little Sister,' What Is the Ruling?
239If a Man Accuses His Wife of Stealing His Money and Swears She Did, What Is the Ruling?
240If a Woman Claims Her Husband Divorced Her, What Is the Ruling?
241If a Man Divorces His Wife in Front of Two Men and One Woman, and One Male Witness Dies, What Is the Ruling?
242If a Man Swears That If He Speaks to His Brother, His Wife Is Divorced Three Times, What Is the Ruling?
243Those Scholars Who Consider Unjustified Divorce Disliked
244If a Man Swears to Divorce His Wife Over Something and They Disagree, What Is the Ruling?
245If a Man Says to His Wife, 'I Have Given You Khul‘,' but Has Not, What Is the Ruling?
246Can a Free Woman Be Forced to Nurse a Child?
247Rulings on a Woman Changing Her Residence
248If a Man Says to Another, 'If You Do Not Eat This Morsel, My Wife Is Divorced,' and a Cat Eats It, What Is the Ruling?
249If a Man Writes a Letter to His Wife Granting Her the Right of Divorce, She Reads It but Says Nothing, What Is the Ruling?
250If a Slave Gives a Revocable Divorce, What Is the Ruling?
251If a Man Claims to Have Taken His Wife Back After the Waiting Period, What Is the Ruling?
252If Two Witnesses Testify to Divorce and the Judge Separates Them, Then One Witness Retracts, What Is the Ruling?
253Explanation of the Quranic Verse: {Divorce Is Twice, Then Keep in Good Terms or Release with Kindness}
254Those Scholars Who Say That If Divorce Is Given Secretly, Reconciliation Should Also Be Secret
255If a Man Performs Ila’ (Oath of Abstinence) and Then Dies, What Is the Ruling?
256If a Woman Seeking Khul‘ Imposes a Condition of Divorce on Her Husband, Is She Entitled to It?
257Ruling on the Divorce of a Mukatabah Slave Woman
258If a Woman Marries During Her Waiting Period and Then Separation Occurs, Who Is Responsible for Her Maintenance?
259If a Man or Woman Commits Adultery and Is Stoned, Do They Inherit from Each Other?
260If a Man Accuses His Minor Wife of Adultery, Does He Perform Li'an?
261If a Man Marries a Woman on Condition That Her Affair Is in His Hands
262If a Man Says to His Wife, 'If You Wish, You Are Divorced,' What Is the Ruling?
263If a Man Marries a Woman During Her Waiting Period and Then Divorces Her, What Is the Ruling?
264If Husband and Wife Appoint an Arbitrator and Then Reconcile, What Is the Ruling?
265What Is the Procedure of Li'an?
266If a Man Divorces His Pregnant Wife and She Delivers, What Is the Ruling?
267If a Slave Divorces His Wife, Compensation Is Not Obligatory
268If a Man Divorces His Wife in a Dream, What Is the Ruling?
269If a Man Has Four Wives and One Goes to Dar al-Harb, What Is the Ruling?
270If a Man Says to His Wife, 'If You Enter So-and-So's House, You Are Divorced,' and the House Collapses, What Is the Ruling?
271Ruling on Permission to Divorce
272Those Scholars Who Consider Divorce and Khul‘ Disliked
273Disapproval of Seeking Khul‘
274Explanation of the Quranic Verse: {Men Have a Degree Over Them}
275If a Man Marries Another Woman While Married and Is Told to Divorce Her, What Is the Ruling?
276Showing Kindness to Women
277If a Premature Child Is Born, Does the Waiting Period End?
278If Two People Dispute a Matter and Each Claims to Be Right, What Is the Ruling?
279If a Man Says to His Wife, 'You Are Divorced for One Year,' What Is the Ruling?
280A Woman Mourning Her Husband's Death
281Those Scholars Who Did Not Accept Mourning
282A Woman's Private Parts Are a Trust with Her
283Explanation of the Duration of Menstruation