Civil Divorce

6 Mar 2015 · 15 Jumada I 1436 AH1 min readFatwa 32197English

Question

one of my friend went to America few months ago and in order to get American nationality he decided to marry with American lady. For fulfil this purpose he had was asked to produce a writtten declaration that he had divorced his previous wife who was living in his home country.

he prepared a letter from his home country with having any intention of divorce to his previous wife. now he is very upset because someone told him even you had no intention of divorce to your previous wife but divorce has happened. could you please clarify this issue. with kind regards

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

You state… with having any intention of divorce.. you probably meant without any intention. Confirm this. Furthermore, what exactly was written on the document and did you refer to a civil divorse?

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Immad Bin Arshad

Student Darul Iftaa
California, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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Answered by: Immad Bin Arshad
Checked & approved by: Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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