Does my jokingly saying "yes" to my fiancée, in response to her question "If I become bald, would you leave me?", count as a kinayah (allusion) of divorce or a conditional divorce, and are the thoughts that come to me about this matter mere whisperings (waswasah)?
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This phrase is not explicit in divorce nor a commentary on it. Rather, it is an implicit promise. Therefore, no divorce results from it, nor is the questioner bound by anything. It is advised to disregard obsessive thoughts.
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