Is the woman considered irrevocably divorced (talaq al-thalaath) after her husband repeated the phrase "You are forbidden to me until the Day of Judgment" and told her that she is no longer his wife, knowing that he had explicitly divorced her once before?
Scholars have differed concerning taking an oath by declaring something unlawful (al-). Some view it as zihar, some as (divorce), and some as an oath (yameen). The relied-upon differentiates between these cases based on the husband's intention. If the husband, by saying "You are unlawful to me," intended divorce, then it is a single divorce (talaqa). If he intended zihar, then zihar has occurred. If he intended an oath, or did not intend anything specific, then it is not counted as a divorce. As for his statement "You are not under my marital authority," this is an ambiguous statement (kinayah) of divorce. If he intended divorce by it, then it occurs; otherwise, it does not. Therefore, the number of divorces depends on the husband's intention behind what he uttered. The matter should be presented to a court or to trustworthy scholars.
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