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You can't solve the problems. Islam tells you to try and involve the elders from both sides to see if a solution can be found.

And Allah says in the Quran,

If both parties would like to solve the problem, then Allah will grant them that.

Allah will grant them acceptance to be able to find a solution.

So if it's not a blame game and if you're not trying to prove who was right and wrong,

and both of the parties are genuinely looking to solve the matter, Allah says,

We'll help you both. But in the rare case where Subhan Allah,

the parties cannot get along, they really want to separate,

part ways, it is part of the mercy of Allah that we can divorce.

Imagine if divorce was not prescribed in Islam.

That's it. You were doomed with a person you didn't want to be with.

I mean part of the mercy of Allah is to allow you and I to go through divorce if needed and necessary,

because we just can't get along. So Allah says, you know what?

You issue one out of three talaks. That's it. You never, ever give more than one.

It's just one. And what do I do? Allah says, well, when you've issued the one,

we allow you a separation period of three menstrual cycles.

You separate and during that time, that one revocable talak or divorce would actually be held

in a way that Allah is giving you a chance to reconcile within the three menstrual cycles.

If for example, you feel no, we need to get back, we need to try and so on.

You are allowed to get back within that time. No strings attached, no nothing.

You can solve the matter and come back. And then at some point later in the future,

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