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Does the statement, "Send me the papers so that I, too, can work on the authorization," which the husband said to his wife, imply a general authorization that includes divorce, or is it limited to an authorization for the wife's sponsorship?

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If the husband's intention with the phrase "tafwid" (delegation) was to bring his wife without the intermediary of an office, then there is no cause for obsessive doubt (waswasah). Even if we assume he meant to delegate divorce, delegation only occurs through an explicit or implicit (kinayah) utterance, and this particular phrase is not considered a delegation of divorce. Even if it were a delegation and the husband intended it as such, delegation is not a pronouncement of divorce; rather, it is giving the wife the option to effectuate it if she wishes, or to forgo it if she wishes. The answer advises turning away from obsessive doubts because they spoil life.

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