Does divorce occur if the husband says, "You are divorced," intending to complete the speech of an actor in a TV series, while his wife is present?
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Intention is a pillar of divorce, and the evidence for it is the : "Actions are by intentions." If the husband utters the divorce as a mere recounting of an actor's words, then his divorce does not take effect, and the marital bond remains between the spouses. One must be careful about watching TV series that contain reprehensible acts.
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