𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 (384)

Khul’ has no limit We’ve all heard of “ṭalāq, ṭalāq, ṭalāq” (x3) — but have you ever come across “khulʿ, khulʿ, khulʿ” (x3)? Summary of the Incident: The speaker addresses the rising trend of women hastily seeking khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife) and emphasises the seriousness of this matter by citing the ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ: “Any woman who asks for divorce without a valid reason will be forbidden from the scent of Paradise.” He shares a real-life story, which has become somewhat of a humorous yet cautionary tale: A woman married a man with a dowry of 40,000 riyals. After some time, she asked for khulʿ, returned the 40,000, and he divorced her. Later, she regretted it and asked to remarry. He agreed but said he only had 20,000 riyals now. She accepted, and they remarried with a new contract. After a while, she again requested khulʿ and returned the 20,000. Later, she returned once more, wanting to remarry, but the man now only had 5,000 riyals. She accepted and remarried him again. Eventually, she considered khulʿ a third time and became worried it might count like a third divorce, which would require her to marry another man before returning. She sought clarification from the fatwa office and was told that khulʿ does not count as a formal ṭalāq (divorce), so her case was still within Islamic guidelines. The speaker ends the story with a light-hearted remark: next time, the man might only have a single riyal left if this pattern continues. Moral of the story: The main lesson is to discourage the impulsive use of khulʿ without serious cause. Marriage requires patience and effort from both sides, and Allāh encourages living together with kindness and finding good even in what one may dislike.