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Is a wife considered divorced if she tells her husband "I am divorced" based on information that later turns out to be incorrect, given that she said it while being certain of its truthfulness at the time she said it?

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Divorce is in the hands of the husband, not the wife. Therefore, a woman's divorce of herself does not take effect, even if her deception of her husband becomes apparent, unless she has been delegated the power to divorce herself.

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