Is the husband's statement to his wife, in a moment of anger and without intending divorce: "If you do this, you will not be my wife," considered a divorce, and what if the wife repeats the action in the future?
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The wording to which the wife's divorce is linked is an allusion, not an explicit statement. An allusion does not effect a divorce without intention. Since you did not intend to effect a divorce, no divorce has occurred with this linkage, even if the wife does what was linked to it. You must turn away from obsessive thoughts and not give in to them.
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