Q: I would like to enquire about an argument that occurred between my spouse and myself in 2003. During that time I uttered the word Tala Tala Tila. Since then my wife and I lived together as normal lives until Jan 2013. Recently my wife had a small problem and now stated about that incident whereby I had said those words. I confronted her parents in 2003 about the matter and explained the situation that it was not intentional. My wife is insisting that she heard the words back then. Also to note that we got a baby girl in 2007 who is currently 7 years of age. This has since become a problem and we require clarity as to if the marriage is over? I await your feedback.
A: When you are quite confident that you had said Talaa' and both of you had agreed to stay and continue then this is enough evidence to show that you all were quite clear that it was not a divorce, for you had not uttered a word of divorce.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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