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?
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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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