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Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar were asked about the divorce of an intoxicated person, and they said, "If an intoxicated person divorces, his divorce is valid."
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Note 2
(2) The statement: "If an intoxicated person divorces, his divorce is valid"—This means the divorce of an intoxicated person is effective according to us. This is also Ash-Shafi’i’s view in his most authentic opinion. Al-Karkhi and At-Tahawi preferred that it is not valid, which is one of Ash-Shafi’i’s two opinions, because sound intention requires sanity, which is absent in intoxication, similar to anesthesia or medication. Our evidence is that intoxication results from a sinful cause (consuming intoxicants), so it is treated as if the person is still accountable to deter him. If someone drinks and becomes intoxicated, losing his sanity due to the intoxication, we say his divorce is not valid. This is mentioned in Al-Hidayah and Fath al-Qadir, derived from both.
Note 1
ف: واضح ہو کہ نشہ کی حالت میں طلاق اس وقت واقع ہوتی ہے جبکہ عقل اور سمجھ باقی ہو اس کے برخلاف کسی نے شراب اس قدر پی لی کہ اس کو سر کا درد ہوا اور وہ بیہوش ہو گیا اور اس نے بیہوشی میں طلاق دیدیا تو ایسی طلاق واقع نہ ہوگی۔ (ماخوذ از: ہدایہ، فتح القدیر)۔