Does a divorce take effect if the husband says, "You are divorced, divorced, divorced," and then says, "If you leave the house, you will be divorced," and then he pushes his wife to leave, knowing that both of them are aware of the husband's illness due to drug abuse and his lack of steadfastness in prayer and fasting?
A husband's statement to his wife, "You are divorced, divorced, divorced," counts as three divorces if he intended three, and one if he intended one or had no intention. His statement, "If you leave the house, you will be divorced," is a conditional divorce. If the husband then violates the condition, the divorce takes effect according to the majority of scholars. If he did not intend divorce but rather a threat, then some scholars obligate him to offer an expiation for breaking an oath. His statement, "You are divorced," is an explicit and effective divorce. It is advisable to present the matter to people of knowledge. If the husband is negligent in prayer and fasting, it is appropriate to separate from him, even through Khul'.
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