Advanced At-Talaq Surah: Al-Baqarah (229)

Verse: "Divorce is twice — then either retain in kindness or release with excellence." (2:229)

Meaning: The lawful divorce permitting reconciliation is only twice — after the third she is not lawful to him until she marries another husband.

The triple divorce in one pronouncement:

• Majority (Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali): If he says "you are triply divorced," three divorces take effect — the view of many Companions.
• Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn al-Qayyim, and others: Only one divorce takes effect — citing Ibn Abbas's hadith "During the Prophet's time, Abu Bakr's, and the first two years of Umar's, triple divorce was one." (Muslim 1472)
• Contemporary fatwa bodies: The Islamic Fiqh Academy (Muslim World League) holds it is one revocable divorce — protecting family interests.

"Retain in kindness or release with excellence": In a revocable divorce, the choice is between reconciliation with good treatment or releasing her graciously — no harm and no using divorce as a weapon.

Source: Al-Qurtubi (3/127); Al-Mughni (7/329); Muslim (1472); Ibn Taymiyya, Majmu Fatawa (33/8)

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