Talaaq

Custody of child if the mother remarries

Q: Please advise how a young widow with an infant child will cope with the following situation:

Her society and customs and practices require that if she marries anyone, her infant child will be taken away by her in-laws. Her father will not approve of any marriage, even if it is with a Muslim, if he is not from the same country as her, even if the man agrees to keep the child with his mother whom he will marry. The infant will be deprived of his mother’s love if she marries any man of her family’s choice. Staying single means she runs the risk of committing sin (maybe zina) which she does not want. In this situation, as she is an adult widow and not a virgin and has physical needs, can she not undertake a secret marriage?

Wife not sure if husband divorced her

Q: If a husband denies and is ready to give oath about not divorcing his wife but the wife thinks that he has divorced her over the phone. She is confused as her husband is giving an oath and she too was very angry when she asked for divorce so she isn’t sure whether he said it or maybe she heard it wrong. Who should be believed, the husband or the wife?

Husband attributing divorce to a future date

Q: Me and my husband had an argument and then I came to my parents house. I was pregnant at that time. My husband, just to threaten me so that I would come back home sent me a message saying "divorce Septmeber, 2017". He wanted to tell me that he will give me a divorce in September but he did this just to make me upset and did not intend as such. The very next month, in April, he came to me and we had a relation and apologized for what he did. He said that he just did it to threaten me so that I would come back. We want to know if it will be counted as divorce? 

Conditional divorce

Q: If a husband takes a qasam that he has no relation with that lady which is ought to be his wife and he often says that they are not mine. He also says that if they say they are my wives then I give them talaq talaq talaq three time. He even holds the Quran in his hand and says that they are not in my relationship. Does it mean talaq and is it talaq for all his wives?

Ambiguous words of talaaq

Q:

1. If a wife asked for talaaq and the husband replied “theek hai tumhare abba se baat karunga” will it be a talaaq?

2. One day I had a fight with my wife but things cooled down. While speaking to my wife, instead of saying "mujhe tumse baat nahi karni" words came out of from my mouth as “tumhara mera koi rishta nahi jisme hum ek dusre se batein share karein” but then suddenly a thought came into my mind that this could be kinaya words, will it be a talaaq-e-baain?