Did a divorce occur by the husband's saying to his wife, "You are divorced," to his wife who requested a divorce due to obsessive doubts questioning the validity of her marriage, considering that he had divorced her twice before with an implicit divorce whose intention he doubts, and that one scholar ruled that it did not occur due to the presence of obsessive doubts concerning creed and other obsessive doubts, even though another scholar said that the other obsessive doubts do not have an effect?
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The husband's statement "You are divorced," in response to his wife's request for divorce, effects a divorce, regardless of the reason for the wife's request. If this divorce does not complete the three (talaqs), he may take his wife back (reinstate the marriage) before the expiration of her ' (waiting period).
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