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Is the wife's saying "yes" to her husband after he says "believe it or not, you are free" considered a divorce or a delegation of divorce?

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The phrase "أنت حرة" (You are free) is one of the allusive divorce pronouncements. Divorce takes effect with it if the husband intends it; if he does not intend it, divorce does not take effect. If divorce does take effect, the husband may take back his wife before the expiration of her waiting period (iddah), provided that this divorce does not complete the third divorce. This phrase is not considered a delegation of divorce, as it does not contain an explicit word or an allusive term indicating delegation.

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