Is the text of the message sent by the husband to his wife in German: "ich bin deutsch, du bist deutsch, wir leben in Deutschland, also scheide ich mich auch hier" (I am German, you are German, we live in Germany, so I will divorce you here too) considered a legitimate divorce according to Islamic law?
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This statement does not, by itself, result in divorce, whether written or uttered, because it is a promise of divorce, and divorce does not occur by merely promising it.
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