Does a divorce occur when the husband says to his wife: "You are divorced if I (the husband) have met this person or communicated with him," with the intention of not having met, and then the husband remembers that there was a phone call but not a meeting, and the intent behind his statement was to affirm his wife's truthfulness and his unwillingness to separate?
If the phrase of divorce was uttered with the belief that one's intention was true, but then it became clear that it was not, then divorce does not occur, according to the most preponderant opinion. The spouses should be keen on maintaining affection and harmony between them to achieve stability and to avoid uttering words of divorce and the like.
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