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What is your clarification regarding the ambiguity or contradiction between your fatwa no. 293977, in which you stated that the inquirer's statement "he adopts the opinion of the majority" does not result in divorce, and your fatwa no. 303826, in which you stated that the same statement is an expression of كناية (allusion/metaphorical speech) and is subject to the husband's intention, especially given that the one asking the question believes this phrasing to be explicit, not كناية?

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The two fatwas included an answer to a question from a person who did not swear an oath of divorce in the first place. Therefore, it should have been mentioned that he did not swear an oath and no divorce occurred. The ruling for someone who says, "I adopt the opinion of the majority," should also be added. The statement, "I adopt the opinion of the majority regarding divorce," is not an explicit declaration of divorce; rather, it refers back to the intention of the speaker, because an explicit divorce is its very wording and what is derived from it.

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