Is the husband's statement to his wife: "You will live with me like my sister until you make your decision whether you will continue with me or not, until we go down to Egypt," considered dhikr (a form of divorce by likening one's wife to an unmarriageable kin), knowing that he intended kind treatment, while the wife understood that he would not have marital relations with her?
This phrase is not an explicit declaration of zihar, and zihar is not enacted by it except with intention. As long as the husband stated that he did not intend zihar, it is not permissible to refuse obedience to him, because his word is authoritative regarding his intention, for he knows it best.
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