Fariq Naik – How Can I Reunite with my Wife whom I Divorced Three Times Three Years Ago

Assalamu alaikum. I'm doctor Erdogan from Islamabad, Pakistan.

I divorced my wife 3 years ago on

telephone by saying the word three times and

hung up the phone. Since then, we are

not living together.

Now after 3 years, we want to reunite.

So can we live together?

Kindly advise me. What should I do? Should

I remarry her again? Because I'm confused

as I have listened to different Islamic scholars.

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you

and give you ajaf.

1st,

let us discuss the Islamic ruling on triple

talaq.

If a man

tells his wife that you are divorced 3

times or

talaq talaq talaq. Three times.

Is it considered as 1 talaq or is

it considered

as 3 talaq and it is irrevocable talaq?

The scholars, they have differed upon this into

2 opinions. The first opinion is the opinion

of the former madahib.

That is the Hanafi,

maliki, shafi,

and humbly school of thought. All the former

madahib say that if a man tells his

wife talaq talaq talaq, or if the man

tells his wife talaq talaq talaq three times

in the same sitting, it is considered as

3 talaq and it is irrevocable

and

if he wants to return back to his

wife, but not after the Ida period is

over, then

it he needs to marry someone else.

And if that marriage doesn't work out, then

he can return back to his

wife that he has divorced.

This is the first opinion. The second opinion

is the opinion

of that if a man tells his wife

talak talak talak three times, in the same

sitting it is considered as one talaq. And

this is the opinion of Sheikh Islam Ibn

Taymiyyah and his student Ibnu Qayyim,

Rahim Ummulla. May Allah have mercy on them.

As well as the opinion of bin Baz,

Rahim Ummulla and Ibn Uthaimin, Rahim Ummulla and

Imam Shookani and other scholars as well.

That 3 talaq, if it is given in

one sitting, it is considered as 1 talaq.

And

the second opinion,

inshallah,

it is a more appropriate opinion. And Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best.

Now coming to your question that

you call up your wife and over the

telephone you told her

and you hung up the phone. So is

does divorce take place in this place?

And is it considered as 3 divorce or

1 divorce? The scholars, they say that if

a man over the telephone tells his wife

that you are divorced or anti talip, then

it is considered as divorce.

But since you have said this three times

and it is same sitting and while you

made the phone call, then as per the

second group of scholars that I mentioned,

that inshallah, it will be considered as only

one tala. And now if you want to

remarry

your wife and you said that it has

been 3 years, so in this situation, what

you should do, you can remarry your wife,

but it should be with the new nika

and a new mehre.

And I pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

that may make it easy for you. And

we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that

whenever

there are any

issues or dispute between a husband and wife,

we should see to it that we try

to resolve it.

And talaq, it should be the last resort

because marriage, it is an integral part of

Islam.

So we should try our level best to

solve the issue if a husband and wife

have an issue. Talk with the parents

of the wife, the parents of the husband,

and try to solve the issue.

And the last resort should be talak if

it does not work out and there is

no hope. If we pray to Allah

that may he make it easy for all

of the brother and sisters.

And we pray to Allah

that all those people who are married, may

they have a happy,

married,

Islamic

life

on the teachings of the glorious Quran and

the authentic

teachings of our beloved prophet Muhammad. May peace

and blessings be upon him. So I hope

that answers your question.