Does a divorce occur if a man utters it in his imagination (daydreaming) without any intention or desire to divorce?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The aforementioned husband is not required to divorce if he did not intend to utter the words, but rather they came out overpoweringly, without intention or will, due to a slip of his tongue and what he imagined of quarrels between him and his wife’s father.
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Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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