Does divorce take place by saying "no" when asked if one is married, or by saying "I hated and regretted this choice, I will choose another, I will invalidate it" when anxious, or by saying "I retract and they remain with them and I take half the dowry" when angry, knowing that the speaker did not intend divorce in any of these cases?
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The divorce you mentioned does not take effect because you did not intend it. Your statements: "I will annul" or "I will choose someone else" are a promise of future divorce, and it does not occur unless you enact it. As for denying your marriage and stating that you are not married, if you meant a complete marriage, then your intention is correct. Otherwise, it would be a prohibited lie, but it does not divorce the wife unless you intended thereby to initiate a divorce, which you did not intend. Therefore, the woman remains under your marital bond. We advise you to abandon these delusions, as they are from whisperings (waswas).
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