Does a divorce occur by the husband's statement: "I had divorced you" if the matter in question had happened in the past without the husband's knowledge that it was the same matter?
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What your husband uttered is a promise to divorce you if a certain matter occurs. A promise of divorce does not constitute a divorce, nor is it recommended to fulfill it, as clarified by Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Therefore, the divorce has not occurred, and you remain under his marital bond.
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