Fatwa No : 84533
How many divorces will occur by saying "talaq talaq talaq" six times in a state of anger?

How many divorces will occur by saying "talaq talaq talaq" six times in a state of anger?

What do the Islamic scholars and jurists say regarding this matter:
On December 3rd, there was a fight at our home, and the argument escalated. I lost control in anger and kicked my wife and said:
"You're not listening to me — go to your mother's house — Talaq, Talaq, Talaq, Talaq, Talaq."
After that, she went to my maternal uncle’s house, spent one night there, and then her family came and took her.
Now, in light of this situation, please inform us of the Islamic legal ruling:
• Has divorce occurred or not?
• If it has occurred, how many divorces have taken place?
• What is the solution now, since both my wife and I want to reconcile and live together again?
Please kindly guide us on this matter.

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

It should be clear that, according to Islamic law, divorce given in a state of anger is still considered valid. Therefore, since the questioner uttered the underlined words (related to divorce) six times during an argument, three divorces have taken effect upon his wife, and an irrevocable divorce (ḥurmat-e-mughallaẓah) has been established. As a result, the remaining (additional) pronouncements are void since they were beyond the valid count.
Now, reconciliation (rujūʿ) is no longer possible, and the couple cannot remarry unless ḥalālah sharʿīyah (a lawful intervening marriage) takes place. Furthermore, after her waiting period (ʿiddah), the woman is free to marry someone else of her choice.
Ḥalālah Sharʿīyah is defined as follows: after separation from her first husband and the completion of her waiting period, the woman marries another Muslim man without any precondition or intention of later returning to her first husband. If the second husband consummates the marriage (which is necessary for a valid ḥalālah), and then either divorces her willingly, or he passes away, then after her new waiting period ends, she may choose to remarry her first husband—provided both she and the first husband agree, and a new marriage contract is performed in the presence of witnesses with a new mahr (dowry).
However, to marry the second husband with the intention or condition that he will divorce her so she may return to the first husband is makrūh taḥrīmī (prohibitively disliked), and such arrangements have been condemned in Hadith, where those involved in such schemes have been declared accursed. Nonetheless, if it occurs without such a condition or arrangement, it is undoubtedly valid and permissible.

مأخَذُ الفَتوی

قال الله تعالى: {فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ } [البقرة: 230]۔
و في سنن ابن ماجه؛ عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " ثلاث جدهن جد، وهزلهن جد: النكاح، والطلاق، والرجعة " (1/ 658)۔
و في صحيح مسلم: عن عروة، عن عائشة، قالت: جاءت امرأة رفاعة إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقالت: كنت عند رفاعة، فطلقني، فبت طلاقي، فتزوجت عبد الرحمن بن الزبير، وإن ما معه مثل هدبة الثوب، فتبسم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقال: «أتريدين أن ترجعي إلى رفاعة؟ لا، حتى تذوقي عسيلته، ويذوق عسيلتك» اھ (۔2/ 1055)۔
و في الفتاوى الهندية: وإذا قال لامرأته أنت طالق وطالق ولم يعلقه بالشرط إن كانت مدخولة طلقت ثلاثا وإن كانت غير مدخولة طلقت واحدة وكذا إذا قال أنت طالق فطالق فطالق أو ثم طالق ثم طالق أو طالق طالق كذا في السراج الوهاج اھ (1/ 355)۔
وفيه ايضا : ولو قال لها أنت طالق طالق أو أنت طالق أنت طالق أو قال قد طلقتك قد طلقتك أو قال أنت طالق وقد طلقتك تقع ثنتان إذا كانت المرأة مدخولا بها اھ (1/ 355)۔