Does the divorce issued by the husband with the words "you are divorced" take effect upon his wife while she is pregnant and at her family's home?
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The divorce is valid even if the wife is pregnant, and divorcing a pregnant woman is a divorce. If this is the first or second divorce, it is revocable (raj'i), and the wife must remain in the marital home until her ' (waiting period) ends. She is not allowed to leave it, nor is her husband allowed to expel her.
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