Assalamualaikum. Muftiyankiram , please highlight the outcome of such a letter please, jazakumullahukhairan
Answer:
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In the aforementioned agreement, the statement: “if either party announces verbally or in writing that they are running away leaving either of them, then the marriage will end”is merely a promise to divorce. A promise of divorcedoes not constitute a Talāq (divorce) in Sharī‘ah.[i]Accordingly, as long as the husband Ali does not explicitly issue a Talāq(divorce), the marriage will remain intact.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat
Student - Darul Iftaa
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (ص: 216)[i]
طلقي نفسك فقالت أنا طالق أو أنا أطلق نفسي لم يقع لانه وعد