Originally posted by: mango.falooda
Thanks for the explanations moose, meand, haalim. Just a few more questions. Please feel free to correct me if I am misunderstanding the concepts. So my educated guess would be that the intent behind halala is actually to protect the woman -- to ensure a husband doesn't just give talaq whenever he feels like for idiotic reasons and then to get her back. Basically treat her like a toy that he wants to keep or throw away at will.
To prevent such flippant attitudes, halala exists to ensure that divorce is taken seriously. The woman gets to have a second marriage and begin another life if she wants. Only if her second marriage fails again, then she is back in society. So at this time, the first husband and her can try a new relationship hopefully wiser and more informed. Have I understood the dynamics correctly?
So a planned halala would be a sin for the following I am assuming:
- Making a mockery of the intent behind the religious edicts
- Essentially selling your wife like a woman of the night and getting someone to sleep with her
- Treating her like a toy that can be bought and thrown away at will
muse, awida, nina -- I was also confused how the muazzan basically asked Ibrahim to do this; is this a misinterpretation of texts? Or does he get some favour out of Shabbir? Or is it because no one takes Ibrahim or Aliya as people worthy of respect, honour and dignity? Are both Ibrahim and Aliya in some sense invisible and their feelings don't matter to others?
Aliyah trying to self-harm herself means that she felt trapped and was not willing to be part of this madness. Did she feel like she had no choice but to go along? Did she have no family she could return to? Why stay in the house where you are divorced? Could she have said 'no'? Why did she say qabool during the wedding?
Shabbir's comment that his mom should have taken her to the parlour felt absurd. They are doing this in the middle of the night away from prying eyes. It is supposed to be a secret and no one is happy with the arrangement. So why would the mom dress her up when all of this is absurd madness?
It is going to be interesting to see the transformation of Ibrahim from a timid man to someone who is more braver and putting himself to protect her. Wondering how much the loss of everyone he loves during earthquake has effected him -- will he cling to her that he finally has someone to call his own? Will he unable to let go because he cannot be alone?
I found the explanation interesting that the second husband has to willing agree to give divorce in order for the halala to be valid. So in some ways, this hinges on Ibrahim. If he feels that in order to protect her, he has to be her shield, then how will Shabbir react? Shabbir seems like such a toxic volcano who has no emotional control.
Will he see it as betrayal that Aliyah does not want to go back to him? Will he see it as rejection that Aliyah falls in love with her new husband? Or will he take accountability for his actions and realize that he is the one who created this madness by impulsively giving her talaq?
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