PLEASE HELP - Question about divorce

system · December 2, 2014, 10:53pm

Re: PLEASE HELP - Question about divorce

I didn’t know ppl convert from different maslaks to marry Muslims. Is that just the family’s requirement? Cuz I don’t think Islam stipulates that. How would u even convert? The shahadah is still the same. For the ones that it’s different (Shia, agha khani) it might make sense but not within the Sunni sect I would think. And isn’t the whole point that u don’t just blindly follow one school of thought and u sometimes go for some sort of consensus amongst scholars, or majority view or stronger view or even what makes most sense to u. Ur not technically bound to follow only hanafi or hanbali if u follow that sect. Ur supposed to make an informed decision.
Anyway the ahlehadith one has always made more sense to me especially when I hear of couples actually considering a planned halala. I mean doesn’t it make more sense to accept that the divorce was dealt with in a different way at the time of the prophet than taking a way out which has clearly and unequivocally been deemed forbidden? (Planned halala)

I second your thoughts regarding planned halala. It simply sounds outrageous and how anyone could even remotely consider it an Islamic practice is beyond me.

There are a few extremists among followers of every maslak. For them, only what they believe in and practice is true Islam and everyone else is either Gumrah or Kafir.