A man saying to his wife, "My soul is divorced," without intending it

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I was walking with my wife, and she was walking in front of me, so I said, “My soul is divorced,” but she did not hear me, and I did not intend divorce.

The Shaykh:
What?

The questioner:
He says: I was walking with my wife, and she was walking in front of me, so I said, “My soul is divorced,” but she did not hear me, and I did not intend divorce.

The Shaykh:
My soul? What do you mean by “my soul”? Hmm? Or is he describing himself? Yes. Look, look. The soul negates “divorced”; it causes this to be a divorce, even if he says, “I did not intend divorce.” If the explicit phrase is uttered, the divorce takes place even if he did not intend it. If he says, “I was joking,” “I did not mean this,” or “I was forgetful,” this is not accepted from him. Even if she did not hear it, it has no bearing on the ruling. If something is uttered, it takes place even if she did not hear it. If she is in one country and he is in a country two months’ journey away and he divorces her, does she hear it?