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Do three talaqs in one sitting count as three?

210 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 6 South African Darul Iftas (AskImam, Mufti Online, Jamiat KZN, Ibn Masood, Azaadville, MJC). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.

Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

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What the Darul Iftas say

“The law of shariah is that once the husband issues three divorces, the nikaah totally terminates and there is no way for the husband to reconcile. Both husband and wife become haraam for each other.”

Mufti Online — Three talaaqs · 4 Jul 2024

“Although it is recommended to have witnesses when issuing a divorce, Talaaq (divorce) is valid without witnesses. Thus, if your husband had told you thrice that he has divorced you, all three divorces are valid and effective and the marriage irretrievably terminates.”

Jamiat KZN — 3 Talaqs · 13 Dec 2011

“If three Talaaqs were issued, the marriage ceases to exist with immediate effect. The husband and wife will be regarded as strangers to one another and all the laws of segregation will apply to them.”

Azaadville — Iddat Of A Woman Who Has Been Given Three Talaaqs · 19 Aug 2026

“If the husband (your son) issued three divorce words (Talaaq) to his wife through phone text, that constitutes a Talaaq-e-Mughallazah which terminates the Nikaah completely. The divorcee will have to spend Iddat of three menstrual cycles or till birth if she is pregnant.”

AskImam — Phone text of three divorce words · 1 Jan 2025

Quotes are the opening words of each answer as published; the full answer, its conditions and references are on the fatwa page. Answers depend on the exact details of each question.

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  1. Iddat Of A Woman Who Has Been Given Three Talaaqs Azaadville · 19 Aug 2026
  2. Is this a Triple Divorce? Jamiat KZN · 12 Aug 2025
  3. Three talaaqs Mufti Online · 2 Feb 2025
  4. Phone text of three divorce words AskImam · 1 Jan 2025
  5. Issuing more than three divorces Ibn Masood · 30 Jun 2022
  6. Are marriages terminated by 1 Talaq or 3 Talaqs? MJC · 27 Oct 2023
  7. Uttering Three Talaaq In Anger Azaadville · 11 Mar 2024
  8. My husband divorced me three times in one sitting – What can I do in this situation? Jamiat KZN · 23 May 2016
  9. Three talaaqs Mufti Online · 14 Jan 2025
  10. Giving three Talaqs with the intention of one - How many does it constitute? AskImam · 9 Jan 2023
  11. Issuing Three Talaaqs Ibn Masood · 13 Sep 2026
  12. Three Types of Talaaq? Jamiat KZN · 20 Feb 2014
  13. Husband getting intimate with wife after issuing three talaaqs Mufti Online · 19 Sep 2024
  14. Three talaaqs Mufti Online · 4 Jul 2024
  15. 3 Talaqs Jamiat KZN · 13 Dec 2011

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