Is a divorce pronounced untruthfully, with the intention of divorcing the wife, considered an actual divorce?
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So long as you did not intend to divorce your wife, but rather lied to the woman, then no divorce has occurred for your wife through these words. This is because the more preponderant opinion for us is that if someone falsely claims to have divorced his wife, a divorce has not occurred religiously.
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