Ruling on the Divorce of an Intoxicated Person

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the divorce of a person who is intoxicated is valid.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) did not consider the divorce of a person under the influence of intoxication to be valid.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) say that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid, but he will be flogged.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) say that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the divorce of a person who is intoxicated is valid.

Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) declared the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication as valid and had him flogged.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Harmalah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that one of my neighbors divorced his wife while intoxicated, then asked me to question Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him). When I asked him, he said that a separation should be made between them and the man should be given eighty lashes.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the divorce of a person who is intoxicated is valid.

Hazrat Maymoon (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman (rahimahullah) says that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid.

Hazrat Sulaiman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) state that the divorce of a person who is intoxicated is valid.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) considered the divorce of an intoxicated person to be effective based on the testimony of women.

Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a person under the influence of intoxication divorces someone or frees a slave, it will take effect and the prescribed punishment will be established.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid, however, the prescribed punishment (hadd) will be enforced upon him.

Hazrat Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the divorce of one whose intellect is overpowered by Allah (such as a madman or an imbecile, etc.) does not take effect, but the divorce of one whose intellect is overpowered by Satan (such as a drunkard, etc.) does take effect.

Hazrat Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the divorce of a person addicted to intoxication is valid.