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Does a divorce occur if a husband angrily says to his wife, "Why didn't you marry men like these? Marry men like these," knowing that he had previously divorced her twice?

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What this man said to his wife is an allusion to divorce (kināyāt al-talāq), and it constitutes a divorce if the husband intended divorce by it, according to the Hanafis and the well-known opinion among the Malikis. However, it does not constitute a divorce according to the Shāfiʿīs and Hanbalīs unless the husband intended it. A Muslim must be cautious about being lenient with divorce pronouncements, and a wife must serve her husband in her home.

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