He divorced his wife once, then when he went to document it officially in the court, he signed a paper that said he had divorced her three times
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                My question is that My brother has divorced his wife 14 months ago. He went to the get the divorce paper made himself. On which he said he signed there while he read on it 3 talaq being given in one time. He wasnt completely sure what that exactly meant. As in Pakistan they use it pretty much as a standard format. He did not get the two witness sign the divorce papers and posted one to his wifes address and the other copy that he had to submit at the council, that he did not submit till today. And both the copes were not signed by the witnesses but everyone got aware of his act obviously. He had problems with his wifes family. Later on his wife and her family contacted him numerous times for reconciliation but he refused. And at the same time he kept saying he is confused. Now after all this time that has passed and the way he has given this divorce will it be considered as 1 divorce or 3. Can he get back to his wife? And if Islamic talaq is how Quran says then how can any other method be valid for a muslim regardless if it changed with time. Quran is for all times And he says he followed this method just because this is the method in practice in the country judicial system. He wasn't well aware about the details. And on one side Allah is giving people repeated chances to unite on the other side all of a sudden by one unplanned mistake that u dont know much about you simple losse that right. How can anyones opinions be above the word of Quran.
Praise be to Allah.
    Divorce (talaaq) is the right of 
    the husband that Allah, may He be glorified, has given to him to be issued 
    to his wife if there is a need to do so. The Prophet (blessings and peace of 
    Allah be upon him) affirmed that when he said: “(The right of divorce) 
    belongs to the one who takes hold of the calf [i.e., her husband who has the 
    right to intimacy].” Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 2072; classed as hasan by al-Albaani 
    in Saheeh Ibn Maajah. 

    Al-Maawardi said in his 
    commentary on the hadeeth: Divorce (talaaq) is given to the husband, to the 
    exclusion of all others.

    End quote from al-Haawi al-Kabeer, 
    10/356. 

    In al-Bayaan fi Madhhab 
    al-Imam ash-Shaafa‘i (10/318) it says: The husband is the one who “takes 
    hold of the calf (i.e., has the right to intimacy).” End quote. 

    ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with 
    him) said: Divorce (talaaq) is only in the hand of the one for whom 
    intercourse is permissible.

    End quote from al-Mughni 
    by Ibn Qudaamah, 7/355 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah 
    have mercy on him) said in ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘ ‘ala Zaad al-Mustaqni‘ 
    (12/490): Allah, may He be exalted, has connected marriage and divorce to 
    the husband himself, as He says (interpretation of the meaning): “O you 
    who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them…” [al-Ahzaab 
    33:49]. Allah has connected divorce to marriage, so divorce is in his 
    (the husband’s) hands. End quote. 

    Based on that, it is not 
    permissible for the court or anyone else to supersede the husband with 
    regard to divorcing his wife. 

    In the case mentioned in the 
    question, if the husband had divorced his wife one time only, then that 
    alone is what counts as such, and what is written on the official papers 
    that he signed is of no significance, so long as he did not intend thereby 
    to issue a threefold divorce. 

    We only say that because by 
    signing he is considered to have written the divorce, and writing the 
    divorce is more akin to metaphor, as stated in fatwa no. 
    72291. Metaphor does not count as a divorce unless he intends it as 
    such; if he did not intend by signing this paper to issue a threefold 
    divorce, then there are no consequences to that, and he is not bound by 
    anything except the (one) divorce that he issued to his wife. This divorce 
    is revocable so long as it was not issued in return for some compensation or 
    money, and was not a third divorce. 

    Based on the above, the husband 
    has the right to take his wife back, even if that is without her knowledge 
    or consent, if her ‘iddah has not yet ended. 

    But if her ‘iddah has ended, 
    then he may marry her again, with a new marriage contract and mahr, but the 
    previous divorce still counts as such. 

    However we should point out that 
    the more correct scholarly view – which is what fatwas on this website are 
    based on – is that if the husband issues a threefold divorce to his wife, it 
    is to be counted as one, and divorce can only be regarded as having been 
    issued three times if he divorced her on three separate occasions, then took 
    her back each time. 

    This has been discussed 
    previously in fatwa no. 96194

    And Allah knows best.