The forgetful, conditional talaq and doubts

This fourth fascicle opens on the close of Ibn al-Qayyim's treatise on divorce pronounced in anger: added to it are the adolescent reaching puberty, the one whose tongue ran ahead of his intention, and the chronically insane (suffering from nasaf or barsam), whose divorce does not take effect and whose every act of disposal falls away. The Prophet's supplication (peace be upon him), asking his Lord to make his curses fall back on the one who insulted him in his anger, proves that he did not intend the insult: had he willed it, he would not have asked for the opposite. The author concludes that this treatise is the very core of the chapter on divorce, since most divorces pronounced among Muslims today occur in a state of anger. Ten sheets follow: the forgetful man's divorce (talak al-nasi) in its three forms, divorce suspended on the marriage, zihar and ila suspended on the marriage, the identification of the divorced wife, and then the three sections of doubt in divorce.

Parts of this section

• The forgetful man's divorce: when the husband forgets he is married
• Identifying the divorced wife by gesture, description, or intention