DIVORCE

WHAT IS Divorce?

“It is the legal dissolution of marriage between spouses”

What are the various forms of Divorce?

The contract of marriage under Islamic Law may be dissolved in any one of the following ways:

·         By the husband at his will (Talak)

·         Talak-e-Tafweez (delegated power of divorce)

·         By mutual consent of husband and wife (Mubarat)

·         Khula by wife

·         Judicial Divorce

Divorce by Talak:

Any Muslim of sound mind, who has attained puberty, may divorce his wife where the desire without assigning any cause.

Is there prescribed for pronouncing Talak?

·     for details please see page Family Law