Is the questioner considered divorced after her husband's statement: "If I strike her with my face, or if she strikes me with my face, you are unlawful to me until the Day of Judgment"? What is the method for seeking divorce in this situation, and what should she do regarding her husband's constant threats of divorce and the house of obedience?

Your husband has fallen into several forbidden acts, including not praying regularly, drinking intoxicants, lying, and threatening you with a weapon. This permits you to seek a divorce. We advise you to first exhaust all means of reconciliation. If he persists in his behavior, then you may seek a divorce. If he refuses, then take your case to the court.

As for his saying to you, "You are forbidden to me until the Day of Judgment," scholars have differed on the ruling regarding forbidding one's wife. The preponderant opinion is that if he did not intend anything specific, then an expiation for a broken oath (kaffarat yameen) is due. If he intended divorce, or ẓihār, or an oath, then the matter is according to what he intended. Al-Nawawi, in his commentary on the Shafi'i school regarding this issue, explained that if one intends divorce with "You are forbidden to me," then it is a divorce. If one intends ẓihār, then it is ẓihār. If one intends to forbid her person without divorce or ẓihār, then an expiation for a broken oath is due.