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Question ID: #12835
 
Question: Kinayah Words Spoken
My marriage is a happy one, but one day I was doing household work alone in intense heat and humidity. Because of that, I felt angry at my wife for not helping me. Disturbing thoughts, whispers, and strange ideas started coming into my mind, and perhaps I began imagining a conversation with my wife.
In that state, I involuntarily said: “Go home. I want a divorce from you. Astaghfirullah, O Allah, I did not intend divorce — these words just suddenly came out.”
Then I returned to my senses and started worrying whether, because of what I said, the divorce has actually taken place. My major inclination is that I did not intend to give it in that moment but I am worried if maybe intention was in that imaginary scenario when the words were uttered. I also am unable to recall exactly.
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 04 (London)
Date: 26/02/2026 22:29pm

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الجواب حامداومصليا

In the case scenario, saying ‘go home, I want a divorce from you’ is an expression of a wish. You did not issue her a divorce. The statement does not constitute a divorce.

And Allah knows best.

06 Ramadan 1447/ 23 February 2026


Mufti Qamruzzaman

London, UK
 
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