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Separation
(فُرْقَةٌ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
Separation between husband and wife.
الشرح المختصر
"Furqah" (separation) means severing the marital relationship between the husband and wife and the breaking up of their marriage. The reasons for "furqah" are many, some of which are: divorce; annulment of the marriage contract; defects that prevent copulation, such as impotence or castration; "li‘ān" (mutual cursing); apostasy; having been breastfed by the same woman; as well as other reasons. There are two types of "furqah": 1. Obligatory "furqah": which depends neither on the ruler nor on either of the spouses; rather, it is established as soon as certain actions are committed, such as "furqah" due to apostasy and "furqah" due to mutual cursing. 2. Optional "furqah": which depends sometimes on the husband's choice, and this is called divorce, and sometimes on the wife's choice, in case there is a defect in the husband, or if the woman is manumitted while her husband remains a slave, and sometimes on the ruler's choice, such as the "furqah" due to "eelā’" (a husband's oath not to have intercourse with his wife).
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Furqah": breakup and separation between things. Opposite: "ittisāl" (connection).