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Does the husband's statement to his wife: "Why didn't you ask for divorce now?" and "It's better that you go to court and initiate khulʿ against me," constitute a divorce or khulʿ, especially since he did not intend divorce or khulʿ, and the wife did not agree to or desire khulʿ?

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The phrases mentioned for the wife do not effect a divorce. Rather, divorce is effected by an explicit utterance or by an allusive one accompanied by intention. The explicit utterance effects a divorce without intention, while the allusive one does not effect a divorce except with intention.

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