Q: If Ahmed, with a different name, opened a Facebook account and wrote to a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) from this account, saying, 'I have divorced my wife with triple talaq, what should I do now? How can I take her back?' (when he hasn't actually divorced her, but is in doubt and told the situation as if it happened just to learn what to do if he were to do it), what is the meaning of the quoted text in this context?
A: If he had informed the Aalim that he had issued all three talaaqs to his wife, then the three talaaqs have taken place and his nikaah with her has terminated. However, at the time of informing the Aalim, if he intended to speak a lie and he did not intend to issue the three talaaqs, then the three talaaqs have not taken place.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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