Those situations where Talaaq does not take place

Talaaq of a person who is not in his senses

Q: I have a question about divorce. My husband is a high blood pressure patient and nowadays he is suffering from facial paralysis and a heart problem as well. So when his BP shoots, he is not even in his senses. He pronounced divorce four times in that stream anger and high BP and when he found me weeping then he realised that he was out of senses and pronounced that word. I am very upset please guide me.

Husband telling the wife "we should separate"

Q: Could you please give clarity on the issue of talaaq. If I have said to my wife that we should separate and subsequent to that we are both in agreement that our marriage is over. Will this be considered a talaq? Secondly, if i have uttered the words, I hereby give you a talaq and she records it on her cellphone, when nobody else is around, will that stand as a valid talaq? Lastly, if I have said the words and the same night my wife states that she has started spotting (starting menstruating), does it make the talaq invalid or is it simply a case of the Iddah period being moved till after spotting ends?

Waswasas regarding Talaaq

Q: My husband suffers from severe waswasas. We are newly married and both of us are extremely in love and happy with each other. However due to his waswasa problem he keeps on getting thoughts in his mind to say the words of divorce. This condition has become so severe that he cries continuously for hours because he is scared that he is going to loose me. Thus we have consulted with an Aalim an marriage councillor and he has told my husband to make a shart that divorce will only take place after consultation with an Aalim and when another Aalim is a witness(to combat the waswasa) so now we would like to know if due to waswasa he says the words will talaaq fall? (N.B. he has a history of severe waswasas in wudhu and salaah so much so that he repeats his witr about 12 times because of waswasa whether he read qunoot or not) please help! If there is any other solution it would be appreciated if you include it in the reply.

Does the nikaah terminate if the husband goes to live with a non Muslim?

Q: My question is with regards to my Nikah. My husband left me and our two children 8 months ago to live with a non muslim woman. He now regrets the decision he has made and wants to reconcile. Please advise if we are still in Nikah as I don't want to live in sin. He has not mentioned anything about giving me a Talaq at all when he was leaving, his words were he is leaving me as he does not have any feelings for
me.

Writing a letter to the government stating that one is unmarried

Q: I am living abroad, when I came here I wrote in the papers that I am married in Pakistan and wrote my wife's name also. But now as I am living abroad, I also got married here as well. The trouble arises when I need to apply for citizenship for this country. The trouble is this I need to tell them that my previous marriage is no longer valid. In fact I don't want to break my first marriage. Can I write to them that I am no longer in the first marriage, or if I mention my first wife's name but wrong fathers name so that even though I am doing a bad thing lying but I want to save my first marriage. This foreign country just has her name in the records, no picture no other details.