Frankly, I’m exhausted by Malik’s line of reasoning. It seems his behind-the-scenes mentors are just as ignorant as he is.
For Allah’s sake, don’t you realize that the restriction placed on the number of times a man can pronounce divorce upon his wife is actually a protection for the woman?
This is the context of the Qur'anic verses that deal with this issue:
Surah al-Baqarah 2:229
> Divorce is twice. Then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah — it is those who are the wrongdoers.
Surah al-Baqarah 2:230
> And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if the latter husband divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon the woman and her former husband for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear to a people who know.
It is for people who truly know not the ignoramuses like the apostates of this world.
So the man is expected to control his anger and not treat his wife as an object of repeated divorce threats. If he divorces her the first time, he has the right to take her back—likewise the second time. But if he pronounces divorce a third time, then she becomes bā’inah kubrā—completely separated. She can no longer return to him unless she marries another man in a legitimate marriage. If, at some point, that new husband divorces her (or dies), and both she and her former husband wish to reunite, they may do so.
The idea that she is “forced” to marry another man is a foul notion born of an apostate's filthy imagination.
O Murtadd (apostate), were you not informed of the warning of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Nikāḥ at-Taḥlīl?
It is narrated by ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him):
> “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) cursed the muḥallil (the man who marries a woman to make her lawful for her former husband) and the muḥallal lahu (the one for whom she is made lawful).”
(Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 2076. Graded: Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī)
Muḥallil: The man who marries a thrice-divorced woman with the intention of divorcing her so she may remarry her former husband.
Muḥallal lahu: The first husband who waits for or arranges this kind of setup.
This arrangement is haram—forbidden—and considered a blatant deception against the Law of Allah.
If such intentions are pre-agreed or conditional, the marriage is invalid in Islam.
Only if the second marriage is genuine, and ends naturally through divorce or death, can the woman return to her first husband—if both desire reconciliation and believe they can abide by Allah’s limits.
When someone becomes a renegade from Islam, their reasoning becomes twisted and perverse.
Anyway, this is part four of my response.
