Ruling on a divorced woman concealing the fact that her husband has divorced her

Question:
A sister of ours sent a long message. In fact, I understood from the message, O Shaykh, that she is divorced and pregnant, and she talks to people as if she is still with her former husband. She asks: Is this lying?

Answer:
This differs if she explicitly states that she is with her husband and that her husband has not divorced her; in that case, it is lying. However, if she tells stories that lead listeners to assume she is with her husband, but she is not explicit, rather she describes her state with her husband and how her husband treated her before he divorced her, and the like, and her intention is not to lie, but the listener may understand that she is with her husband while she did not intend to lie, such as saying: We used to do such and such, we used to eat food at such and such a time, we used to eat such and such, we used to do such and such, which is permissible to speak about, then there is nothing wrong with it, and it is not a condition that she say: He divorced me on such and such a day, or such and such a day. If she describes her state with her husband, that does not cause harm.

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