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Does a divorce issued in a state of moderate anger take effect if it was contingent upon the condition of sitting in the car?

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Anger does not prevent the occurrence of divorce unless there is a loss of consciousness. Suspending divorce on a condition makes it effective upon the occurrence of the condition, according to the majority of scholars, and this is the relied-upon opinion for fatwa. The phrase "I am divorced" is a metaphorical expression (kinayah) that requires intention for the divorce to occur. So, if you intended with this phrase to divorce your wife if she sat in the car, then the divorce occurs upon her sitting. You can take her back if it was the first or second divorce and she is still within her waiting period ('iddah). If it was the third divorce, she becomes irrevocably separated from you (baynunah kubra). However, if you did not intend divorce, then it does not occur.

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