If a man says to his wife, "If you go to your father's house, you are divorced"; is she divorced? And is it obligatory to have witnesses for that?

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : It is conditional upon a condition or something.

The Shaykh : If you go to your father's house, you will be divorced. She went; she is divorced. But in our case, it is known that witnessing is required for every divorce.

The questioner : Yes, okay; here, meaning, the process of witnessing here, after the utterance is made and the agreement is reached, do they bring the witnesses, or before he speaks?

The Shaykh : No, after; meaning, this divorce, if he did not bring witnesses, remains a conditional divorce. They need to sign and bring two witnesses; do you understand?

Another questioner: Yes.

The questioner: If he does not divorce her, does she return to him?

The Shaykh : ... She does not return to him; because she is his wife, what would she return to him for.

The questioner: Ah... she is his wife, meaning.