Does a divorce take place if a person intended to say to his friend, "so you don't get into trouble," but then had a misgiving that uttering it would cause a divorce to occur, and he tried to separate the two words with another utterance but was unable to, and then he resigned himself to the divorce occurring with that utterance? And is this utterance a veiled expression (kinayah) by which divorce occurs?
The divorce does not take effect with the words mentioned in the question, even if you intended it. Furthermore, the divorce of a person suffering from obsessive thoughts (waswas) is not valid, and divorce does not occur through inner thoughts without utterance. One must turn away from these obsessive thoughts and seek Allah's help.
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