Does divorce occur if the husband says to his wife: "If you open the mobile, then you are divorced," and the wife opens it without his knowledge?
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The majority of scholars hold that a conditional divorce takes effect if the condition upon which it was made is met, and this is the . So, as long as the husband conditioned your divorce on you opening the mobile phone, and then you opened it, the divorce has taken place.
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