Is it permissible to divorce one's wife in absentia while she is in one country and the husband is in another, and what is the method for doing so?
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The wife's presence is not a condition for the validity of divorce. She can be informed of the divorce by phone or in writing via a message or email, noting that written divorce requires intention, and that proceeding with divorce is disliked without a legitimate Shariah reason.
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