Is the husband's statement to his wife: "I want nothing from you, so you do not know me, nor do I know you; stay and raise the girls and take care of them," and "If you do not respect me, then you are not necessary to me," considered among the matters of divorce, given the doubt in the intention at the time of saying them, and the desire to continue the marital life?
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These phrases are considered allusions to divorce. Divorce does not occur through them unless there is an intention to divorce. So, if you did not intend divorce by them, or if you did not state the true nature of your intention, then divorce does not occur. Spouses must be keen to stabilize their marital life, avoid fabricating problems, and rushing to utter words of divorce.
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