Does a divorce occur if a husband tells his wife, "You will be divorced if you do that again," and she repeats the action, and how can they reconcile if a divorce takes place?
The man either said what was reported or he did not. Assuming he said it, either he did not utter it but kept it to himself, or he did utter it. If he did not make any suspension at all, or did not utter the suspension, then nothing results from it. However, if he verbally suspended his wife's divorce and then did what he had suspended the divorce upon, then the divorce takes effect according to the majority of scholars, regardless of his intention. Some scholars hold that if he did not intend divorce but rather intended to prevent and deter, then he is only required to offer an expiation for an oath. Assuming the divorce took place and it was the first or second divorce, he has the right to take her back as long as her waiting period has not ended.
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