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?
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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