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I divorced my wife three times in one sitting out of anger and frustration. Does it count as one or are we now fully divorced?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

In Shi'i jurisprudence, divorce has multiple conditions and requirements. 

1. You must specify what type of divorce it is. 

2. She must not be in her menstrual cycle, and you cannot divorce her if you have been intimate with her, which means you must way until she finishes her next cycle. 

3. The divorce must be conducted in front of at least 2 highly-pious men. 

4. The divorce formulate must be recited in correct Arabic, in the correct form.

5. Only 1 divorce can be given, which means a three-fold divorce in one setting is invalid. 

If are angry, suppress your anger and do not allow your anger to overwhelm you. Divorce is not to be done out of anger, and it is not an easy thing to do. When you are angry, observe the Islamic etiquette of what to do, and stay calm. 

If you have not met these conditions, then you are not divorced.

And Allah knows best. 
If a husband divorces in anger by saying Talaq thrice in front of his wife's mother and a daughter of her sister then is that Talaq valid or not?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Not valid at all.

'Talaq has many conditions to be valid one of them is not be in anger and must be witnessed by two pious men and many other conditions.

'Wassalam.
I have heard that Allah becomes happy if we do good deeds and becomes angry when we do not follow His commands. Does this mean Allah has feelings?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah (SWT) is pleased with noble deeds done by His sincere servants, and is unhappy with sinful acts and wrong doers.

We should never think that Allah (SWT) has feelings like our feelings. Our feelings are based on benefit or loss and our thinking while Allah (SWT) is above any benefit or loss. The pleasure of Allah means His blessings on the sincere good doers. His anger is the result of bad deeds. Allah is The Absolute Needless and there is no question of any benefit nor loss or materialistic feelings.

Wassalam.
Looking at my life I really regret the way I treated my mother in law and put pressure on my husband against her. She has passed away and I now realise that my anger with her was unjust. I have lost a great opportunity to care for her. What can I do?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

1. Recite Estighfaar for her e.g. Ya Allah, forgive her. Keep on seeking forgiveness for her as many times as you can.

2. Give Sadaqa and charity on her behalf.

3. Recite Quran and Du'a and Ziyarat on her behalf.

'Wassalam.