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Is a mobile phone message containing "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" considered one revocable divorce or three divorces, and can a lawsuit be filed against him to prove the divorce due to his refusal to issue the divorce certificate and his demand for the children, knowing that he has not paid their maintenance?

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The ruling on explicitly writing "divorce" in internet messages without uttering it orally is a matter of scholarly disagreement. There's a question of whether it's like an explicit verbal pronouncement that doesn't require intention, or a

metaphorical expression that does. Repeatedly using the word "divorce" in the aforementioned manner could result in one divorce or three, and the determining factor is the husband's intention behind the repetition. Some scholars hold that only one divorce occurs with these written words, regardless of the husband's intention. As for child support, it is obligatory for the father. Custody belongs to the mother before the child reaches seven years of age, and scholars differ on it after that age. The one who arbitrates matters of custody, child support, and proof of divorce is the Sharia judge.

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