Dubai's Grand Mufti accredits divorce through SMS
Malaysia Sun
Thursday 1st March, 2007
(IANS)
Muslim authorities in Dubai, acknowledging the synergy of technology and tadition, Thursday confirmed that a Muslim divorce can be carried out via a mobile phone text message or SMS.
The country's Grand Mufti, Ahmed al-Haddad, who issued a fatwa on the subject, noted: 'Islamic clerics disagreed over the way divorce can be written.'
'While some said writing a divorce is equivalent to verbally announcing it, others believe a divorce must be documented by writing and can only be applied when there is intention and when it is read aloud.'
Al-Haddad said he believed an Islamic judge or 'mufti' is able judge a divorce case filed via a mobile phone SMS, based on any of the two opinions by choosing what is most applicable to the couple's circumstances.
'Divorce through this modern way is not different from using a pen and a paper,' he said.
In Islam, if a husband seriously and verbally tells his wife 'you are divorced', they should be separated even without a formal certification of divorce.
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| By yas, 11-21-08, 07:33 PM |
Dubai's Grand Mufti accredits divorce through SMSi got married few months ago, beleived my husband that he has 2 wives, then find out i was the 2nd one and that he wanted to get married to his best friend’s wife, now that she got divorce he wants to divorce me to marry her. it has been 2 months with no news from him as he doesnt want to see or talk to me and still didnt ask for divorce. i just want to know if i go to the court what should i do if i tell them my story as i cant carry on being on stand by |
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