Does divorce occur by filling out a divorce certificate form with the intention of divorce, without uttering it aloud, and is it considered one divorce or three?
If a husband writes a divorce, intending to effectuate it, it takes effect as soon as the writing is completed, even if he does not send the letter. If the husband did not intend more than one divorce, it is considered a revocable divorce, and he can reconcile with his wife before the expiration of her waiting period (), provided this divorce does not complete the three divorces. However, if the husband intended to effectuate three divorces, then the major irrevocable divorce (al-baynunah al-kubra) has occurred according to the majority of scholars, and his wife is not lawful for him until she marries another man and consummates the marriage with him, and then he divorces her.
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