Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 230
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ Giving three divorces at one time is prohibited, but if someone does so, only one divorce will take effect. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the time of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and the first two years of Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) caliphate, three divorces were counted as only one divorce. Then people began to hasten in this matter, so Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "People have started to hasten in a matter in which they had respite, so if we enforce all three (divorces) upon them." Thus, he enforced it. [ مسلم، الطلاق، باب الطلاق الثلاث : ۱۴۷۲ ] Also see Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah (33/13, 25, 85 to 87).
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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[312] When the husband has pronounced the third divorce, she becomes forbidden for him. The woman must observe the waiting period (‘iddah), but the man cannot take her back during this ‘iddah. Now, the only way for them to reunite is that, after the completion of the ‘iddah, she marries another man, and then, if at some point that man divorces her of his own accord or he passes away, then after the completion of the ‘iddah, this woman can marry her first husband again.
The Prohibition of Nikah Halalah and Its Regrettable Aspect:
From authentic ahadith, it is understood that if someone, merely for the purpose of making his divorced wife lawful for himself, arranges her marriage with another man on the condition that he will divorce her after the second or third day of marriage so that she may become lawful for her first husband again (which is termed halalah in Islamic jurisprudence), then such a marriage is not valid; rather, it is adultery. Through such conspiratorial marriages and divorces, the woman will never become lawful for her first husband. The Prophet ﷺ has cursed both the one who performs halalah and the one for whom it is performed, and he called the one who performs halalah a “borrowed bull” (a hired stud) [ابو داؤد، كتاب النكاح باب فى التحليل]. And Umar ؓ ordered that both the one who performs halalah and the one for whom it is performed should be given the punishment for adultery [بيهقي ج 7 ص 337]. The regrettable aspect of this issue is that the crime of pronouncing three divorces at once is committed by the man, but the punishment for this crime, in the form of nikah halalah, is given to the woman. The scholars and jurists are not even willing to rebuke the man, but the wife is shown the path of spending the night with a hired stud. Is there any clearer example than this of someone else committing the act and another bearing the consequences?
The Evil of Pronouncing Three Divorces at Once:
This helpless and honorable woman took revenge for this oppression and injustice from her husband who divorced her and from her relatives by, in the course of a single night, settling with the man who was to perform halalah, and this new couple, through mutual agreement, made the marriage of that night a lasting one, thus dashing all the hopes of those seeking halalah. Such incidents are frequently reported in newspapers and magazines.
