Is divorce effected by the utterance "ṭāliq" (divorced) while angry, followed immediately by retracting the word with the utterance "rājiʿ" (I take her back)?
If you utter an explicit divorce, being aware of what you are saying, your divorce is effective, even if you are angry, unless your anger completely deprived you of your reason. If the pronouncement of divorce does not complete the three, you may take your wife back during her iddah by saying, "I take you back." However, if your tongue slipped and you pronounced divorce unintentionally, the divorce is not effective, because it is a mere slip of the tongue.
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