Does divorce take place if the husband says to his wife: "Swear by divorce upon your brother that he stays with us," and then the wife says: "Upon me be divorce, he will stay with us"?
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The statement of the wife that she divorced her husband, or the words of her brother, have no effect on the marriage bond, because divorce is in the hand of the husband, not the wife. So, cast aside these whispers (waswas), and beware of tampering with the marriage bond.
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