Does divorce occur by saying "Okay" when the wife requests a divorce, or by saying "Take your daughter, I no longer want her" to her father during anger? Is the husband sinful for refraining from visiting his wife's family as a reciprocal action for her refraining from visiting his family? And what do you advise a husband who hates his wife and curses her due to her mistreatment of his family, while recalling the noble verse: "And if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good"?

If the husband says "okay" when his wife asks for divorce, intending "okay, you are divorced," then divorce occurs. However, if he intends "okay, I will look into it" or "okay, I will divorce you," then divorce does not occur. The Hanafis are of the opinion that responding "yes" to a request for divorce does not effect divorce, even if he intended it, considering it a promise. Whereas the Shafi'is view it as either an explicit or an allusive (kinayah) statement. The word "yes" is considered an affirmation if it is an answer to an inquiry, but if it is a request for initiation, it is considered explicit by some and allusive by others.

As for the husband's statement to his wife's father, "Take your daughter, I no longer want her," this is among the allusive (kinayah) expressions of divorce, and divorce does not occur through it unless the husband intends it.

The wife should improve her relationship with her husband's parents and treat them kindly, and avoid slandering them, just as they should not slander her. The husband is advised to retain his wife and counsel her with noble character.