Talaaq in haidh

Answer

Any talaaq issued during Haidh (menses) is valid. However, it is against the Sunnah to divorce the wife during her menses. That is why the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم  ordered Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنه to take back his wife whom he divorced during her menses. This does not mean that the Talaaq did not count. Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه issued only one Talaaq, that is why he had the permissibility to take her back. However, if a person intends to divorce his wife, he should wait for her menses to end, and then divorce her. صحیح مسلم کتاب الطلاق (3650) و حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَهَا ثُمَّ يُمْهِلَهَا حَتَّی تَحِيضَ حَيْضَةً أُخْرَی ثُمَّ يُمْهِلَهَا حَتَّی تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَتِلْکَ الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُطَلَّقَ لَهَا النِّسَائُ قَالَ فَکَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ الرَّجُلِ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ يَقُولُ أَمَّا أَنْتَ طَلَّقْتَهَا وَاحِدَةً أَوْ اثْنَتَيْنِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَهَا ثُمَّ يُمْهِلَهَا حَتَّی تَحِيضَ حَيْضَةً أُخْرَی ثُمَّ يُمْهِلَهَا حَتَّی تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ طَلَّقْتَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ رَبَّکَ فِيمَا أَمَرَکَ بِهِ مِنْ طَلَاقِ امْرَأَتِکَ وَبَانَتْ مِنْکَ صحیح مسلم کتاب: طلاق کا بیان باب: حائضہ عورت کو اس کی رضا مندی کے بغیر طلاق دنیے کی حرمت اور اگر کوئی طلاق دے دے تو طلاق واقع نہ ہوئی اور مرد کو رجوع کرنے کا حکم دینے کے بیان میں Translation: Ibn Umar (RA) reported that he divorced his wife during the period of menses. Umar (Allah be, pleased with him) asked Allahs Apostle (صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم) , and he commanded him (Abdullah bin Umar) to have her back and then allow her respite until she enters the period of the second menses, and then allow her respite until she is purified, then divorce her (finally) before touching her (having a sexual intercourse with her), for that is the prescribed period which Allah commanded (to be kept in view) for divorcing the women. When Ibn Umar (RA) was asked about the person who divorces his wife in the state of menses, he said: If you pronounced one divorce or two, Allahs Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم) had commanded him to take her back, and then allow her respite until she enters the period of the second menses, and then allow her respite until she is purified, and then divorce her (finally) before touching her (having a sexual intercourse with her); and if you have pronounced (three divorces at one and the same time) you have in fact disobeyed your Lord with regard to what He commanded you about divorcing your wife. But she is however (finally separated from you). Answered by: Mufti Yasir