Does an Explicit Statement Mistakenly Texted to the Wife Effects Divorce?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

If a husband is explaining something to his wife and while explaining, he speaks in the first person singular and says that the company would say to his employee, “We need to separate.” Would such a sentence structure have any effect on their marriage, as the intention was merely to explain?

What would be the ruling here if the husband accidentally wrote an explicit statement on Whatsapp due to an auto-correction mistake (fast typing) and deleted that right after before sending it?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.

These words and thoughts should be ignored. Sacred Law is not trying to trick people out of their marriages. There was no divorce in this case. Allah is Merciful and does not take His servants to task for what they have no control over. These are Satan’s tricks and obtrusive thoughts. Rest assured, there is nothing to worry about in both cases, my brother.

Remember Allah and seek refuge in Him through isti’adha (أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم). He is the Most Merciful, and His Mercy means that He will not take you to task for discrepancies that exist only in your mind. Find comfort in His Mercy, and do not let the devil distract you from Allah.

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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.