Is there any Sharia consequence upon me when I am afflicted by whispers during PlayStation gaming that I have uttered the words of divorce, even though I do not desire that, and it is imagined by me that I have explicitly uttered them?
Divorce does not occur unless the husband pronounces it, intending it, with an explicit word or an indirect expression accompanied by intention. The divorce of a person afflicted by *waswasah* (obsessive whispering) does not occur if he pronounces it under the influence of *waswasah* and does not truly intend it. The most effective cure for *waswasah* is to turn away from it.
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