is a Muslim Man required to write divorce or say divorce to a Non-Muslim Wife for the divorce to take place?
Question
is a Muslim Man required to write divorce or say divorce to a Non-Muslim Wife for the divorce to take place? Or, can he just have two witnesses and this be a Islamic divorce without ever saying talqeel to wife 3 times?
Answer
A Muslim man can have only a Christian or Jewish wife from non-Muslims. He cannot have any other non-Muslim wife. If a Muslim wishes to divorce his non-Muslim christian or Jewish wife, the procedure is the same as divorcing a Muslim wife. He has to verbally pronounce divorce to his non-Muslim Christian or Jewish wife. It is not necessary to pronounce three divorces for the divorces to be valid. One Talaaq is sufficient.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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