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Does divorce occur by the phrase "I don't want you" if repeated three times: the first upon waking from a dream in which I was trying to avoid the word divorce, and the second and third times as a repetition of it, without the intention of divorce?

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Nothing that emanates from a sleeping person is binding. The phrase "I don't want you" is a metaphorical expression of divorce, and divorce does not occur by it unless there is an intention to enact it. You did not intend that, therefore, what emanated from you does not affect the marital bond. We advise you to stay away from thinking about matters of divorce to guard against whispers (of the devil/obsessive thoughts).

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