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Are the following statements considered كنايات (euphemisms) for conditional divorce: - A man saying to his wife: "Is it necessary or essential for me to come?" with the intention that her divorce takes effect if she answers yes and he does not do so. - Every slight movement accompanied by the intention of conditional divorce? - A man saying: "If he has children in the lands of disbelief, then that is a calamity," if the thought of divorce crossed his mind before the word "calamity," and does the divorce take effect if he has children in the lands of disbelief?

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What the husband said is not considered an allusive divorce, but rather an intention to suspend divorce. This suspension has no consequence if it is limited to the intention only. Likewise, a gesture or sign accompanied by intention does not result in a suspended divorce or an allusive divorce, except from someone who is unable to speak. What crossed the questioner's mind is not considered a suspended divorce, as a suspended divorce is only established by uttering it. The questioner is advised not to pay attention to the whispers of divorce and to disregard them.

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