Does ẓihār occur if a husband says to his wife, "Ya bint" (O girl) instead of "Binti" (My daughter), with the intention of ẓihār? Does divorce occur by intention without explicitly using a word from the ambiguous (kināyah) divorce phrases? Do numbers have a relation to ambiguous phrases, such as "1" instead of "al-wāḥidah" (the one)?

A man's saying to his wife, "O daughter," if he intends it as an expression of affection and endearment, is not considered ẓihār. However, if he intends thereby to prohibit her to himself, then it is a kināyah (ambiguous expression) of ẓihār, and its ruling depends on his intention. Kināyah is that which can bear the meaning of ẓihār or something else, and its usage is not customarily predominant for ẓihār. So, if a man says to his wife, "You are to me like my mother," and he intends honor, there is no ẓihār. If he intends divorce, it is a divorce. And if he intends ẓihār, it is ẓihār.