Ruling If a Man Says to His Wife: 'You Are Not My Wife'

Hazrat Urwah bin Faid, may Allah have mercy on him, says that a man said to his wife, "If you do such and such things, then you are not my wife." The woman did those things. Then she came with her husband to Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila, may Allah be pleased with him. He said, "What was intended has taken place." Then she went with her husband to Hazrat Abu Abdullah Jadali, and he also said, "What was intended has taken place." And Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "This is nothing."

19373 - (And she brought) (1) with him Abu (Abdullah) (2) (al-Jadali) (3) and he said: What did he intend?

19374 - (And he said) (1) Sa'id ibn Jubayr: It is nothing.

Hazrat Qatadah says that I said to Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that Hajjaj narrates from his father that a man said to his wife, "You are not my wife, so one divorce will take place." Upon hearing this, Hazrat Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) said that this is a very far-fetched matter.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: If a person, in a state of anger, repeatedly says to his wife, "You are not my wife," what is the ruling? He replied: In my opinion, he can only reach this extent by intending divorce.

Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a person says to his wife, "You are not my wife," then it depends on his intention.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and 'Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are not my wife," then this is a lie and it means nothing.

Hazrat Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when he faced her and said it with the intention of divorce, then one divorce will take place.