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Is a husband's saying to his wife, "Go to your family's house, for I have no need of you," and his saying to her brother, "Come and take your sister to your house," considered a divorce, even though his intention was to expel her and not to divorce her?

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This wording is among the allusions through which divorce occurs if the husband intends it. So, if the husband intends to effect a divorce, it occurs. But if he merely intends to expel her and for her to go to her family's house, it is not considered a divorce. The determining factor is his intention and aim.

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