What is the Sharia ruling regarding a husband and wife returning to each other after the husband told his wife: "I will call, and if I call and you do not answer, then you are thrice divorced," and the wife did not answer, knowing that both are regretful and wish to return to each other?
What transpired between the questioner and his wife by way of online intimacy does not constitute a valid khalwah (private seclusion). We have already clarified the ruling on divorce in previous fatwas.
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