Can a wife be taken back after being divorced twice, knowing that she has completed her 'iddah (three menstrual cycles), and that the second divorce was with a repeated phrase ("You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced") with the intention of it counting as a single divorce, and the first divorce occurred with the words "You are divorced" while she was attempting suicide and she was taken back after 17 days?
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If the husband did not intend divorce by writing, it does not take effect according to the majority of scholars. Therefore, a message sent via mobile phone does not constitute a divorce as long as you did not intend it. Your saying to your wife: "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," intending it as a single divorce, results in only one divorce. Thus, this would be the second divorce. Since her iddah (waiting period) has ended, you cannot take her back except with a new marriage contract, by which you would possess one remaining divorce.
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