Malaysia permits text message divorce

[rally]

Be careful when you next send an SMS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm

[suroor_ca02]

dont u need to have witnesses ?

interesting and pretty dumb.

[Cheegum]

under Islamic law men are allowed to divorce their wives simply be saying the word 'talaq' - I divorce you - three times.

Correction: Under desi law, not islamic law.

[Mehnaz]

What happens if he regrets it after saying it? Can the husband and wife not just kiss and make-up or will they be considered divorced?

[The new COOLDUDE]

Originally posted by cHEeGUm:
under Islamic law men are allowed to divorce their wives simply be saying the word 'talaq' - I divorce you - three times.

Correction: Under desi law, not islamic law.

I have always felt tht is so unfair for women...

[Furqan]

this is interesting......

[Degas]

Originally posted by MehnazQ:
What happens if he regrets it after saying it? Can the husband and wife not just kiss and make-up or will they be considered divorced?

There si four months time to make up..

[~MuNiYa~]

If I have my facts correct, the hubby says talaq once waits 2 or 3 months then if he stills feels a talaq is needed says it one more then waits another 2-3 months. Only after the third interval is teh divorce final.

If the man says it three times during the same confrontation it counts as one time.

The whole talaaq 3 times issues happened when a really jerky man said this to his wife out of anger and then regretted it. At the time the king of this Islamic civilization granted the talaaq to reiterate why anger is haraam.

I will give you guys the name of the book that I read this in.

[ahmadjee]

^ It was at the time of Hazrat Omer (ra).

And the word doesn't signify anything, it's the time interval which is mandatory. For example, one can say however many times talaq in one particular day, it will still be considered the first separation. He/she has to wait particular time & reconsider.

[K Khan]

Re: Malaysia permits text message divorce

Originally posted by rally:
Be careful when you next send an SMS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm

or you lend your phone to some one...

[Najim]

Ya ur phone is stolen & next thing ur wife knows that u divorced her ... lol


BTW, saying word Talaq three times is a controvertial bu115hit. The talaq has to be in three stages/sessions not words.

[rally]

Originally posted by Najim:
Ya ur phone is stolen & next thing ur wife knows that u divorced her ... lol

DITTO :rotfl"

[Ansoon]

Malaysia permits text message divorce

Getting a quickie divorce has taken on a whole new meaning in Malaysia after it was decided that a man can divorce his wife with a text message.
The government's adviser on religious affairs, the man who counsels Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said as long as the message was clear and unambiguous it was valid under Islamic Sharia law

"SMS is just another form of writing," Dr Abdul Hamid Othman was quoted by the New Straits Times daily newspaper as saying.

The decision follows a Malaysian court's ruling on Thursday in favour of a man who served divorce on his wife via a text message.

Sharia judge Mohamad Fauzi Ismail declared that the divorce declaration was valid and that as such the marriage between the plaintiff Azida Fazlina Abdul Latif and defendant Shamsudin Latif was annulled, the Utusan Malaysia newspaper reported.





source

[Najim]

http://www.gupistan.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114416

Posted here already.

[lastknightess]

What next a Divorce smilie?

geez