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Is it permissible for a husband to voluntarily waive his right to divorce, making it contingent solely upon the Sharia judge?

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If a husband appoints someone else to divorce his wife, the agency is valid, because divorce is a right of the husband, and he may appoint whomever he wishes to carry it out. The agency is revoked if the husband has intercourse with his wife after the appointment.

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