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what is `kafar`aa for Talaaq 

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What is kaffara atonement for talaq divorce

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Dear and Beloved Sister, a ‘kaffarah’ or atonement in Shariah Law and Islamic Jurisprudence or Fiqh is only applied if one has omitted an obligatory duty, committed a sin, or transgressed the prescribed boundaries of Allah Subhanah.

To give a divorce, in its very essence, is neither a sin nor prohibited nor unlawful in Islam; thus there can be no ‘kaffarah’ for declaring or pronouncing a divorce.

Just as if all the conditions of ‘nikaah’ are fulfilled and one agrees to get married, one will be considered married…similarly if one pronounces divorce, a divorce will be established and there is absolutely no prescribed ‘kaffarah’ or atonement for pronouncing divorce.

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Burhan