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Does a divorce take place if an angry husband says to his wife: "By Allah, if you travel, you will not be my wife," then retracts his statement?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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This statement from the husband is not an explicit divorce; rather, it is a metaphor or a promise of it. If he intended it as a promise, then no divorce occurs by the wife going to her family, and he is not obligated to fulfill this promise. However, if he intended it as a condition, then if he did not intend to effect a divorce by her departure, it does not occur. But if he did intend to effect it, she is divorced upon her departure, according to the majority of scholars. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah holds the view that he has the right to retract the condition.

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