Issuing a talaaq while being forced
Question
My elder brother, recently and was forced to get divorced from his in laws. He was under so much pressure from them, and he was alone at his rented house, and they all forced him to say yes for the divorce.
But now he is saying that he has not said from his true heart to his wife that I need the divorce from her. So please advise if the divorce is done on his wife or not, because my brother is saying that he has not given her divorce by his heart, but was under pressure from his in laws.
Answer
If he verbally issued the divorce, then the divorce is valid even though he was forced to issue it. Those who forced him will be sinful.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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