Is a wife considered divorced if the husband repeated the phrase "Consider yourself divorced from now on" five times, knowing that he once said, "By Allah, you will not remain under my responsibility and my care"?
The husband's statement, "By Allah, you will not remain under my responsibility or in my charge," is a promise that does not result in divorce unless he intends it. However, an expiation for a broken oath (kaffarat yameen) is required if he specified a time and did not fulfill it, or upon the end of the possible duration if he spoke generally. As for his statement, "Consider yourself divorced," this is one of the ambiguous expressions (kinayat) of divorce, and divorce occurs if he intended it. However, explicitly conditioned divorce takes effect upon the fulfillment of the condition, according to the more preponderant opinion, though some scholars differentiate between intending to effect divorce and merely threatening.
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