Is a man's saying to his wife, "Bear in mind, you are not acting according to the ruling of Sharia," considered a divorce?
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This phrase is ambiguous and not explicit about divorce, but it could imply it. If you intended divorce by it, then it takes effect and becomes binding. Otherwise, nothing is binding by it.
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