Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 103
15 January 1907 103 Divorce in a Single Sitting An individual wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as and sought a fatwa [religious edict] that a person in a state of extreme rage pro- nounced divorce with his wife three times. It was not done so with deliberate intention. Now both of them are distressed and do not want to break their relationship. The Promised Messiah as wrote in response: The fatwa is that when someone pronounces divorce in one sitting, then this divorce is unlawful and is against the Quran, therefore, they can return to each other. Only the nik ah should be performed again. This has been our fatwa always and this is the truth. ُ وَالس َّاَلَم ُ وَالس َّاَلَم [ Was-sal a m— And peace be with you]. 1 15 January 1907 Claim & Doctrine The Promised Messiah as said: Death by the plague is a death of disgrace. If Pneumonia, that causes death in just a few hours, is not the plague then what is it? Discussion came to how Maulaw i Muhammad Husain may turn [to the truth]. The Promised Messiah as said: 1. Badr , vol. 6, no. 5, p. 4, dated 31 January 1907