Question: What is Khula?

Answer: If a couple are hopelessly at odds with each other and the husband is not willing to issue a divorce then the wife can request Khula. Khula basically is when the wife offers to give money to her husband in lieu of her freedom from the marriage.

Khula will be transacted with an offer from the wife and an acceptance from the husband.

While Khula can be done on any amount money, the Fuqaha have rendered it Makrooh (Reprehensible) for the husband to demand more than he had given in Mahr (dowry).

Khula is equivalent to one irrevocable divorce and the wife will observe the Iddah.

اذا تشاق الزوجان وخافا ان لا يقيما حدود الله فلا باس ان تفتدي نفسها منه بمال يخلعها به ؛ فإذا فعل ذلك وقع بالخلع تطليقة باءنة ولزم المال ....
كره له ان يأخذ منها اكثر مما أعطاها ( اللباب فى شرح الكتاب ج٢ص١٨٨)
And Allah Knows Best

Yusuf Moosagie