By Taha Ghayyur / Sound Vision While divorce is not something encouraged by Islam, especially when all the means of reconciliation have not been exhausted, it is not something to be kept hidden from the community. The fact that about a third of the respondents decided to keep their divorce hidden, shows how much stigma divorce still carries in our community.

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Added: July 30, 2010

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan / Translated by Yoginder Sikand Towards the end of the period of the first Caliph, Hazrat Abu Bakr, some men, out of anger, began issuing three utterances of divorce in one sitting. At this time, this practice was an exception, but by the time of the latter half of the period of the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar, the second Caliph, it had become increasingly common. 

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Added: November 22, 2008

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