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Muslim teaching about divorce Categorise
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'I divorced my wife by pronouncing talaq three times with a three month period in between'
'I can legally divorce my husband or wife as I see fit, only through legal systems and no need for reference to religious bodies'
'I didn't need any witnesses for my divorce, but I needed to wait a few months to make sure that my wife wasn't pregnant'
'Because we believe that our nikah contract is important to God, we sought counselling with our imam but ultimately my husband divorced me without the need for witnesses'
'We tried counseling but eventually our marriage was not salvageable – we asked our local imam and a friend to be our two witnesses'
'We got divorced, but we needed two witnesses in our faith in order to do this'
'I divorced my wife and we only had to wait a few months – in my religion, a waiting period is advised but it is not a set number of months'
'I try to follow the hadith of the Prophet – who says that divorce is detestable – so we are trying to get counseling from our local mosque rather than divorce. In our faith, divorce does not require witnesses, but there is a waiting period of three months'
'Remarriage can happen as soon as the divorce goes through legally and doesn't need to have any religious significance'
'I believe that divorce is the answer if you're not happy in your marriage – after all, it's just a piece of paper'