Does a divorce occur with the husband's statement, "If you go out on Friday, you will receive the third [talaq]," when he did not intend divorce and it was a joke, and the wife subsequently went out?

The husband's statement is not an explicit declaration of contingent divorce, but rather an ambiguous expression (kinayah) that could imply divorce or something else. An ambiguous expression does not result in divorce unless there is an intention to divorce. Therefore, since the husband did not intend to make the divorce contingent on the wife's departure, no divorce occurred when she left. The husband should be careful not to threaten with such phrases, and the wife should obey her husband in what is right and not leave without his permission unless it is absolutely necessary.