The conditions for a talaq to be valid are:

  • Capacity: The Muslim husband must be of sound mind, attained the age of puberty.
  • Free Consent: Except under Hanafi law, the consent of the husband in pronouncing talaaq must be a free consent.
  • Involuntary intoxication: Talaaq pronounced under forced or involuntary intoxication is void even under the Hanafi law.