Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (32/101)

at the time of his divorce. This is impermissible by the consensus of the Muslims.

Even if the particular person seeking the ruling were to say, “I did not know this, and from today onward I shall abide by it,” that would not entitle him to do so, because this opens the door to making a game of religion and allows what is lawful and unlawful to be determined according to personal desires. And Allah knows best.

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked:

A man married a woman whose guardian is openly sinful, consuming unlawful wealth and drinking wine. The witnesses are likewise, and he has now divorced her three times. Does this afford him a dispensation to take her back?

He answered:

If he has divorced her three times, the divorce takes effect. Whoever begins examining the nature of the marriage contract after divorce, without having examined it beforehand, is transgressing the limits set by Allah, for he seeks to treat as lawful what Allah has forbidden, both before and after divorce.

According to Mālik, Ahmad and other imams, divorce takes effect in an invalid marriage whose validity is disputed. Moreover, a marriage contracted under the guardianship of an openly sinful person is valid according to the vast majority of imams. And Allah knows best.

فِي حَالِ طَلَاقِهِ: فَلَمْ يَجُزْ ذَلِكَ بِإِجْمَاعِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. وَلَوْ قَالَ الْمُسْتَفْتِي الْمُعَيَّنُ: أَنَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا مِنْ الْيَوْمِ أَلْتَزِمُ ذَلِكَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَفْتَحُ بَابَ التَّلَاعُبِ بِالدِّينِ وَفَتْحٌ لِلذَّرِيعَةِ إلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ التَّحْلِيلُ وَالتَّحْرِيمُ بِحَسَبِ الْأَهْوَاءِ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَسُئِلَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَلِيُّهَا فَاسِقٌ يَأْكُلُ الْحَرَامَ وَيَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ؛ وَالشُّهُودُ أَيْضًا كَذَلِكَ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهِ الطَّلَاقُ الثَّلَاثُ: فَهَلْ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ الرُّخْصَةُ فِي رَجْعَتِهَا؟ فَأَجَابَ: إذَا طَلَّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَقَعَ بِهِ الطَّلَاقُ. وَمَنْ أَخَذَ يَنْظُرُ بَعْدَ الطَّلَاقِ فِي صِفَةِ الْعَقْدِ وَلَمْ يَنْظُرْ فِي صِفَتِهِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ: فَهُوَ مِنْ الْمُتَعَدِّينَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَحِلَّ مَحَارِمَ اللَّهِ قَبْلَ الطَّلَاقِ وَبَعْدَهُ. وَالطَّلَاقُ فِي النِّكَاحِ الْفَاسِدِ الْمُخْتَلَفِ فِيهِ عِنْدَ مَالِكٍ وَأَحْمَد وَغَيْرِهِمَا مِنْ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَالنِّكَاحُ بِوِلَايَةِ الْفَاسِقِ: يَصِحُّ عِنْدَ جَمَاهِيرِ الْأَئِمَّةِ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.