What is the ruling regarding a husband's statement to his wife over the phone: "If you hear anyone speak ill of me in front of you and you do not defend me, you are divorced"? And what is the ruling if the husband intended to threaten with "I will divorce you" and did not intend for the divorce to take effect immediately, and does divorce occur in this case, especially since the wife denies hearing the phrase "you are divorced"?

If the husband says to his wife: "You are divorced" contingent upon a specific matter, she becomes divorced upon the occurrence of that matter, even if the husband intended it as a promise of divorce; because this wording came in the context of a contingency. It is disliked for the husband to use the words of divorce as a means to achieve his desires from his wife, especially at the beginning of married life. It is good for the wife to defend her husband's honor by mentioning his good qualities that she knows, but the husband should not embarrass her or compel her to do so.