I told my wife, “I divorce you three times, you will not enter the apartment,” but she entered and said she did not hear me. What is the ruling?

Question:
I divorced my wife for the first time, then I took her back. After five months, a dispute occurred between us. At that moment, I was in the height of my anger, and I said to her, in a mumbled and incomprehensible manner, “I divorce you three times, you will not enter the apartment.” She was outside the apartment at the time of the incident. Then she entered the apartment, but she did not hear me and told me frankly that she did not hear. I did not say “I divorce you”; I said “I divorce you three times.” Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In this matter, it is obligatory to consult a judge, or to consult the Department of Ifta in Riyadh, if the questioner is in the Kingdom. If he is outside the Kingdom, he should consult the scholars of his country so that they may inquire into the details from him. They should have the wife and her guardian present, and inquire about what happened regarding this questioner’s utterance of the divorce, his state at the time of the divorce, and other matters that must be considered in this great issue. The bottom line is that he must consult the scholars of his country if he is outside the Kingdom, and if he is in the Kingdom, he must consult the nearest court to him. Yes.