Does the husband's statement to his wife, "What is between us has ended," after a dispute over her work and her move to her family's home, constitute a divorce, knowing that he did not intend divorce but rather to pressure her to reverse her decision?
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A husband's statement to his wife, "What is between us has ended," is a veiled (kinayah) divorce, and divorce does not occur with it except if intended. We note that the layman's (school of thought) is the madhhab of the one who gives him a , and it is not permissible for the wife to go out to work without her husband's permission unless there was a prior condition in the marriage contract; otherwise, she is disobedient (nashiz).
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