Sunni Muslims do not require witnesses. The husband must express his desire for a divorce on three separate occasions with a waiting period of three months. Shi’ah Muslims require two witnesses, followed by a waiting period before a marriage can end. If a woman initiates a divorce it is called khula.
Considering this, is Islamic divorce valid in UK?
A court has reversed a judgment from two years ago which found that a couple who had an Islamic wedding ceremony could legally divorce. The High Court ruled in 2018 that the couple’s Islamic “nikah” ceremony fell within English marriage law.
Thereof, what does Quran say about divorce?
“The Quranic verses basically say that a couple enjoys the freedom to remarry and reunite even after two divorces, but after the third, they can reunite only if the woman gets married to another man and divorced.