he divorced her twice before that and he only has one divorce left. in khul there is that which makes her forbidden to him until she marries another husband. so what is his way? we said his way is that he says no matter how many of my divorces fall upon you you are divorced before that three times. so no matter how much he breaks his oath his divorce does not take place. this is the circular oath that frees from perjury and prevents the divorce from taking place. if it is said the scholars differed on that and perhaps the pious person would not accept the risk of divorce. we said if the questioner is an imitator then he must do so. the imitation of the mufti and his following and the covenant of divorce are the responsibility of the mufti and not the one being imitated. if the mufti is a mujtahid then he is obligated to follow his ijtihad. if his ijtihad leads to that it does not prevent the divorce from occurring. he has the choice between replacing her with another or remaining silent about revealing their secret and abandoning their belief. there is no agreement with them in religion in remaining silent about revealing what they said rather the agreement is in believing what they believed and expressing his belief and calling to it. so if he turns away from it their misguidance is apparent and hidden so he is not required to utter what he heard from them since it is not necessary to narrate disbelief from every disbeliever. these are the methods of tricks in getting out of the oath. some of those who delve into this art have gone to the point that the oaths issued by them are not binding under any circumstances and this is talk that comes from a lack of insight into the rulings of jurisprudence but rather it is in accordance with the conduct of jurisprudence and the rulings of the shariah that we have mentioned. and peace be upon you.
طلق قبل ذلك تطليقتين ولم تبق له الا طلقة واحدة وفي الخلع ما يحرمها عليه إلى أن تنكح زوجا غيره فما سبيله قلنا سبيله أن يقول مهما وقع عليك طلاقي فانت طالق قبله ثلا ثا فمهما حنث لا يقع طلاقه وهذه هي اليمين الدائرة التي تخلص من الحنث وتمنع وقوع الطلاق فإن قيل فقد اختلف العلماء في ذلك وربما لا يرتضى المتورع اقتحام شبهة الطلاق قلنا السائل إن كان مقلدا فعليه تقليد المفتى ومتابعته وعهدة الطلاق يختص بتطوقها المفتى دون المقلد وأن كان المفتى مجتهدا فعليه موجب اجتهاده فإن أدى اجتهاده إلى ذلك لم يمنع وقوع الطلاق فهو مخير بين أن يستبدل بها غيرها أو يسكت عن إفشاء سرهم فيترك معتقدهم وليس في السكوت عن إفشاء ما قالوه موافقة لهم في الدين بل الموافقة في أن يعتقد ما اعتقدوه وأن يعرب عن اعتقاده ويدعو إليه فأن صرف ضلالهم ظاهرا وباطنا فليس يلزمه أن ينطق بما سمعه منهم إذ ليس يتعين حكاية الكفر عن كل كافر فهذه طرق الحيل في الخروج عن اليمين وذهب بعض الخائضين في هذا الفن إلى أن الأيمان الصادرة منهم لا تنعقد بحال وهو كلام يصدر عن قلة البصيرة بالأحكام الفقهية وإنما الموافق لتصرف الفقة وأحكام الشرع الذي ذكرناه والسلام