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If a husband, in a state of anger, says to his wife "bikayfik" (as you wish/it's up to you), and it crosses his mind that its meaning is "you are free" with the intention of divorce after the first letter of the word, does divorce occur?

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A kinayah (allusion) does not effect a divorce unless the intention is present at the very beginning of the utterance. The questioner should ignore and not pay attention to whispers (waswas).

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