Does a divorce take effect if a husband delegates the power of divorce to his wife, and she says: "I chose what was delegated to me," then immediately corrects herself and says: "I chose my husband and rejected what was delegated to me," and she is now worried about the divorce taking effect?
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Ibn Majah reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my nation their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and what they are coerced into." We advise against giving in to obsessive thoughts about divorce because their consequences are severe.
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