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Does a husband's divorce take effect if he swears to divorce in a text message while under the influence of Captagon, intending to intimidate rather than divorce?

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As long as the message was for the purpose of threatening, not for enacting divorce, his divorce has not occurred. This is because writing a divorce is a metaphorical expression (kinayah) by which divorce does not occur unless there is an intention to enact it. Taking drugs is a heinous evil and a grave major sin, and the husband must hasten to repent.

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