Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Does divorce take place if a person commits adultery with his wife’s sister who is also married?

· 27 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 27077English

Question

If some sleeps with his wife's sister & that sister is also married with her husband .Are both husband & wife both side get divorce automatically by Islamic law . Because both have done adultery while they are married . Please let me know if possible.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

If a married person commits adultery with his married sister in law (wife’s sister), then in an Islamic state the Qadhi (judge) will decree to stone them to death. [1] As such there is no question of divorce. [2]

Stoning to death cannot take place in a non-Muslim country, therefore by default the marriage will not be affected.

If one is guilty of such heinous crimes, he/she should make tawba (repent) and reform himself. [3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ismail Dawoodjee

Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] فان كان الزانى محصنا رجمه بالحجارة (قدورى ص265 سعيد) (بتغير يسير الاختيار ج3 ص466 الرسالة العالمية)

والا حد وهو للمحصن وطء بنكاح صحيح و هما بصفة الاحصان (الايضاح شرح الاصلاح ص8 ج2 علمية)

ساله عن الاحصان ما هو فان وصفه بشرائته حكم برجمه (تبين ج3 ص167 امدادية)

[2] وطئ أخت امرأته لا تحرم عليه امراته (در المختار ج3 ص34 سعيد)

و قوله لا تحرم أى لا تثبت حرمة المصاهرة(ردالمحتار ج3 ص34 سعيد)

رجل وطى اخت امراته لا تحرم عليهامراته(خلاصة الفتاوى ج2 ص7 رشدية)

و يحل لاصول الزانى و فروعه اصول المزنى بها و روعها(بحر ج3 ص101 سعيد)

فتاوى محمودية ج16 ص507 مكتبة محمودية

فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا ج3 ص590 زم زم

[3] التائب من الزنب كمن لا زنب له (ابن ماجة ص313 قديمي)

Answered by
Ismail Dawoodjee
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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