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Is my wife divorced from me after I wrote "My wife, so-and-so, daughter of so-and-so, is divorced from me" online, merely to go along with something, without the intention of divorce?

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Scholarly opinions vary regarding the ruling on writing down a divorce with explicit wording. Some scholars hold that it takes the ruling of uttering it verbally, and divorce occurs thereby even without intention. Others, however, view it as a metaphorical expression (kinayah) by which divorce does not occur except with intention. If there was no intention for divorce when writing it, then there is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding its occurrence, with the preponderant view being that it does not occur without intention. Undertaking an action that exposes the marital bond to dissolution without a valid need is considered reprehensible. This reprehensibility increases if the reason is conversing with foreign women and establishing illicit relationships with them. Therefore, one must fear Allah and not treat divorce as a trivial matter.

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