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Is a wife considered divorced merely by the husband initiating legal divorce proceedings without uttering the divorce pronouncement, and is the judge's approval of the divorce sufficient to effectuate it?

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Divorce takes effect once the husband pronounces it, writes it, or a Sharia judge rules it. It does not take effect merely by initiating its procedures in court or by the judge's approval.

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