Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

following message via his cell phone: 'You were rude to me so I am giving you a divorce.'

· 7 Ramadan 1426 AH1 min readFatwa 13547English

Question

My husband sent me the following message via his cell phone: 'You were rude to me so I am giving you a divorce.'

Does this constitute a divorce?

Answer

If it is confirmed that your husband sent you the message via the cell phone, then that constitutes one Talaaq-e-Raj’ee (revocable divorce).

He may verbally revoke the divorce by saying, ‘I take you back as wife’ or by being intimate with you.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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