Does the wife become divorced by her husband saying: I will divorce her?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man backbites about his wife and says in front of his friends, "I will divorce her," while he is still living with her. Does she become divorced by this statement of his?
Answer:
If he said, "I have divorced you," she is divorced. But if he said, "I will divorce you," nothing happens in that case, because he is saying, "I will divorce you," which is a promise. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man backbites about his wife and says in front of his friends, "I will divorce her," while he is still living with her. Does she become divorced by this statement of his?
Answer:
If he said, "I have divorced you," she is divorced. But if he said, "I will divorce you," nothing happens in that case, because he is saying, "I will divorce you," which is a promise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 823- هل تطلق الزوجة بقول زوجها: سأطلقها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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