Posted on 10/29/2010 10:10:57 AM PDT by Cardhu
A Muslim man who told his wife "I divorce thee" three times in an online Skype messenger conversation has been told the separation stands.
The ruling, made in an online fatwa by the Darul Uloom Deobandi seminary in northern India, regarded as one of Islam's leading authorities on religious law said that the woman would have to first marry another man before she could remarry her first husband.
The man, from Qatar, wrote to the seminary following his Skype joke to seek clarification.
"Jokingly typed 'talak, talak, talak' (I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee) to my wife on Skype chat. I don't understand Islam very much and did not know about how talaq works. We love each other very much and want to be together but right now [we are] caught in this thing. Want to know a way out," he wrote.
His hopes of a "way out" were dashed when the seminary issued a fatwa confirming his wife must first remarry another man, consummate the marriage, and then divorce him before she could be allowed to remarry her first husband.
"When you gave three talaqs, your wife became "haram" (forbidden) for you. Neither you have the right to take her back nor solemnise a new "nikah" (marriage) without a valid "halalah" (second marriage). After the completion of "iddah" (a three month waiting period following a divorce), the woman can marry whomever she wishes except you," the fatwa stated.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Can we “Deem” Obama removed from office 3 times? Just asking.
“I don’t understand Islam very much and did not know about how talaq works. We love each other very much and want to be together but right now [we are] caught in this thing. Want to know a way out.”
Answer: Convert.
There is a way out of this nonsense ...
And he didnt even have to hand over his house and kids and half his earnings?
Wow... I am beginning to see the appeal of Islam.
N.O.W. should love that!
Such a funny joke! I bet his (ex) wife was rolling on the floor laughing.
Can we “Deem” Obama removed from office 3 times? Just asking.””
Sort of like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz clicking her heels???
Winner!
Maybe he could blame technology— he didn’t mean to send it 3 times. Look how many times we get duplicate and triplicate posts here by accident.
On a technicality, he typed talak and the rest of the article refers to talaq. Maybe he can get out of it based on it being a typo.
What's she look like?
Did he throw dog poop on her shoes?
Divorcing a woman is easy but trying to get a divorce from that religion is courting the death penalty.
So basically, the guy is now forced to sublet his own wife. Gotta watch that fine print.
I am sure Laz would volunteer to be the good Samaritan if she is a comely wench.
That’s exactly what IO was thinking.
Steve Martin’s bit from the 70’s
Doesn’t he have to return the dowry or at least part of it?
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! There.
islam is for pigs....if you are a “moderate” muslim, then you need to open your eyes and flee from these subhumans....
Dang and I thought some Americans were jackboot-licking sheep. Islam is insane.
And I said "Dalek! Dalek! Dalek!"
But it came out wrong.
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