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Does divorce occur in the following cases: the husband's saying "If you go out, you will not be under my عصمة (bond of marriage)" intending to prevent her, but without specifying a duration; his saying "If you neglect your home one day and it becomes untidy, I will leave you," accompanied by an oath but without the intention of divorce; his saying jokingly "I divorced you once" while not knowing her intention by "you divorced me"; and his saying "You know how" jokingly in response to her intrusive thoughts? And are these merely intrusive thoughts?

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I am answering the previous question from the sister. Regarding the husband's statement, "If you leave, you will not be under my عصمة (bond of marriage)," this is a kinayah (an ambiguous statement) by which divorce does not occur unless the husband intends divorce and the condition (the wife leaving the house) is met. This oath is restricted by the intention of the one who makes the oath and the reason for the oath, and the oath ceases when its reason ceases. As for his statement, "I will leave you" if the house is not tidy, this is a kinayah by which divorce does not occur. If the husband intended divorce by it, then it is a promise, and a promise of divorce is not a divorce.

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