What is the ruling on a man saying, “I am divorcing”?
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The questioner : And the one who swears an oath of divorce upon her?
The Shaykh : This is not a divorce; this is an oath.
The questioner : An oath.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is an oath, but he owes an expiation for the oath, and he should be advised, as we mentioned earlier, not to swear oaths of divorce.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, by the way, we used to study a long time ago in the book *Sifat al-Akhyar*, and they were explaining it, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azim.
The Shaykh : This is not a divorce; this is an oath.
The questioner : An oath.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is an oath, but he owes an expiation for the oath, and he should be advised, as we mentioned earlier, not to swear oaths of divorce.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, by the way, we used to study a long time ago in the book *Sifat al-Akhyar*, and they were explaining it, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azim.