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Does divorce occur if the husband sends his wife a text message in which he writes "You are […]," with the intention of divorce, without uttering or explicitly writing the word [divorce]?

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Divorce does not occur merely by writing the word "you" unless the husband pronounces the divorce while writing it. This is the most preponderant opinion and the view of the majority of scholars.

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