Telling the wife "You are not my wife, you are my girlfriend"

Q: My husband told me 'You are not my wife, you are my girlfriend. Then I told him, why are you saying like this. Then he said 'You are my wife cum girlfriend. Does saying like this mean talaaq (the two statements above)? There was no fight or anything.

A: No.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)