Answer:
Three divorces
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 229-230:
229 A
divorce is only permissible twice: after that the parties should either
hold together on equitable terms or separate with kindness. It is
not lawful for you (men) to take back any of your gifts (from your wives)
except when both parties fear that they would be unable to keep the limits
ordained by Allah. If ye (judges) do indeed fear that they would be
unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah there is no blame on either of them
if she give something for her freedom. These are the limits ordained by Allah;
so do not transgress them. If any do transgress the limits ordained
by Allah such persons wrong (themselves as well as others).
230 So
if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably or 3rd divorce) he
cannot after that remarry her until after she has married another husband and
he has divorced her. In that case there is no blame on
either of them if they reunite provided they feel that they can keep the limits
ordained by Allah. Such are the limits ordained by Allah which He makes
plain to those who understand.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2189 Narrated
by Abu Hurayrah
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘There are three
things which, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated as serious:
Marriage, divorce and taking back a wife (after a divorce which is not final).’
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3292 Narrated by Mahmud ibn Labid
When Allah's Messenger (saws) was informed
about a man who had divorced his wife, declaring
it three times without any interval between them, he (saws) arose in
anger and said, "Is a mockery being made of the Book of Allah Who is Great
and Glorious, while I am amongst you?" As a result a companion got up and asked, "O Messenger
of Allah (saws) shall I kill him?"
The absolute majority of the scholars are of the opinion
that if one pronounces three divorces to one’s wife at one time, they will
count as three and an absolutely irrevocable divorce will be established in the
marriage. That was the ruling of
even the noble companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws) of the stature of
Hadrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (r.a.) and of Hadrat Abu Hurayrah (r.a.), etc.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 29.37
Yahya related from Malik from Ibn Shihab from
Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Thawban that Muhammad ibn Iyas ibn al-Bukayr
said, "A man divorced his wife three times before he had consummated the
marriage, and then it seemed good to him to marry her. Therefore, he wanted an
opinion, and I went with him to ask Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayra on his
behalf about it, and they said, 'We do not think that he should marry her until
she has married another husband.'
Al-Muwatta Hadith 29.1
Yahya related from Malik that he had heard
that a man said to Abdullah ibn Abbas (r.a.), "I have divorced my wife by
saying I divorce you a hundred times. What do you think my situation is?"
Ibn Abbas (r.a.) said to him, "She was divorced from you by three
pronouncements, and by the (other) ninety-seven, you have mocked the Aayat of
Allah."
Absolutely regardless of whether the husband declared the
divorces in seriousness or in jest, absolutely regardless of whether he was
angry or happy, absolutely regardless of whether or not there were any
witnesses present…… if the husband has declared three divorce pronouncements
upon his wife, an absolutely irrevocable divorce would be deemed established in
their marriage in the Sight of Allah Subhanah……and the couple can never ever
lawfully remarry again, unless and until the wife marries another person, and
her new husband happens to divorce her, or he dies.
There are indeed some scholars who hold a difference of
opinion and opine that three divorces declared at one and the same time would
constitute as only one pronouncement of divorce. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands
of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other
guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured
of being led astray.
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