Ruling on Informing of Divorce

This message came to us from our brother Badri Muhammad Hamed, an Egyptian national working in Riyadh. He says: My colleague came to me with a letter from abroad. When I asked him about this letter, he said, "It is for you." I said, "I have divorced the woman in this letter," meaning that I have divorced the wife who is abroad. My intention and purpose is what I have mentioned to you. He then said to me, "Your wife is now divorced based on your words." What is the ruling? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes, if the reality is as described, then one divorce takes effect on her; because you ... and you intended it, so one divorce takes effect on her. You may take her back immediately as long as she is in the waiting period. You may take her back as long as she is in the waiting period, provided that this divorce was not preceded by two other divorces. If it was preceded by two divorces, then this is the third, and there is no taking back after that. It is not befitting for a believer to rush in these matters or to be hasty; rather, he should be careful in matters and not be hasty. And Allah is the One to be asked for help. Yes.