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Does telling my wife, "By Allah, it's not beneficial for us to continue together," constitute divorce, Dhihar, or nothing at all?

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The phrase mentioned does not constitute divorce (talaq) or a pronouncement of ẓihār (a pre-Islamic form of divorce by likening one's wife to an unmarriageable female relative). We advise the questioner to present it to scholars in their country.

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