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Q uestions: My husband divorced me while I was pregnant than before I gave birth to my child he came back and said that we are not divorced since pregnant women can’t be divorced. So I would like to know am I really divorced or not. My husband and I love each other very much and now we have a baby son. Please do reply to me as soon as possible. A nswer: Praise be to Allaah. Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked whether a woman may be divorced by talaaq when she is pregnant. He said: This is an idea which is common among some people. Some of the people think that a pregnant woman cannot be divorced by talaaq. I do not know where they get this idea from, for it has no basis in the words of the scholars. Rather the view of all the scholars is that a pregnant woman can be divorced by talaaq. There is consensus on this point among the scholars, and there is no dispute. Talaaq according to the Sunnah means that a woman may be divorced in two cases: ...

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba invited a lot of criticism after she lamented the Prime Minister of India by taking up the Triple Talaq issue. Writing from her official Twitter account handle, the MLA from Chandni Chowk Assembly Constituency’s sarcastic tweet says: “Why say “Talaq Talaq Talaq” and go to jail , when you can just leave her without saying anything and become the Prime Minister of India.#Triple Talaq.” Why say "Talaq Talaq Talaq" and go to jail , when you can just leave her without saying anything and become the Prime Minister of India. #TripleTalaq — Alka Lamba (@LambaAlka)  December 29, 2017 Alka Lamba’s tweet opened doors to a new controversy with BJP leaders have been fuming at her and accusing her of insulting the PM. Meanwhile, some netizens supported the legislator’s tweet saying she just expressed opinion. It is well known that PM Modi’s wife, Yashodaben Modi is leading her simple life after getting re...

The Indian cabinet has backed a bill that will make the Islamic practice of instant divorce a criminal offence. The bill proposes jail of up to three years for a Muslim man who indulges in the controversial practice. The government hopes to get the bill passed by parliament in the winter session, which began on Friday. In a major victory for women's rights activists, the Supreme Court outlawed the "triple talaq" practice in August and called it "un-Islamic". India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times. Muslim women and rights groups have been campaigning for years against the custom. Campaigners have described it as humiliating and discriminatory. The bill, called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, has been drafted by a group of ministers, led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Indian government, led by the Hindu nationalist B...