What is the ruling on the husband's statement, "You will return, you will return, if you have these thoughts," and is it considered a divorce?
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The husband's statement: "You will return," meaning, "You will go back to your family," is an allusion (kinayah) and not an explicit divorce. It was uttered in the context of a threat and warning. This does not constitute a divorce, even if it were explicit, because a promise of divorce or a threat to enact it does not result in divorce.
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