What started as a loyalty test took an unexpected turn after a Malaysian husband allegedly told another woman that he had divorced just a month ago, despite his wife claiming otherwise.
She hired a woman to test her husband
According to a viral Threads post by user @test_box__, she had recently started offering a service where people could ask her to test whether their partners would entertain someone else online.
Her first customer was reportedly a married woman who said she and her husband had been arguing frequently. As he was currently posted in Kuala Lumpur, she admitted that she had been overthinking and feared he might entertain other women behind her back.
The woman then asked the Threads user to approach her husband and said she was willing to pay if he responded.
‘I just got divorced last month’
Screenshots showed the tester messaging the husband and asking whether they could get to know each other. After a brief conversation, she asked whether he was already attached.
The husband allegedly replied that he had “just divorced last month”.
After seeing the message, the wife appeared stunned and replied that they had not divorced. She then asked the tester whether her husband saying such a thing could mean that a talak had taken place.
Netizens debate whether the statement counts as talak
The thread, which had garnered over 624,000 views at the time of the screenshots, quickly sparked debate.
While some netizens questioned why the husband would tell a stranger that he was divorced, others warned that testing married couples in this manner could lead to much more serious consequences.
However, whether such a statement constitutes a valid divorce cannot be decided based on social media comments alone.
According to the Selangor Mufti Department, a married man saying that he is single, unmarried, has no wife or has separated from his wife can fall under lafaz kinayah, or an indirect expression of divorce. Whether a divorce takes place in such cases can depend on the husband’s intention when making the statement.
Malaysia’s official government portal also explains that a divorce pronouncement made outside court must be reported and subsequently confirmed by the Syariah Court. The Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia similarly states that divorce pronouncements should be made before the court and with its permission.
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