Does a divorce take place when a husband says, "Consider yourself divorced" or "Consider yourself repudiated," while claiming he did not intend divorce, knowing that his wife was with her family because he was traveling?

A husband's statement to his wife, "Consider yourself divorced" is not an explicit divorce (talaq sareeh); rather, it is an ambiguous statement (kinayah) by which divorce does not occur unless there is the intention for it. If the husband did not intend divorce with this statement, then it does not take effect. It is preferable in such matters for the husband to directly consult scholars.