The ruling on one who imagined his wife before him and divorced her three times

This is a message received by the program from Khalil Mustafa Muhammad Hasan, an Egyptian residing in Samarra, Iraq. He says: After a misunderstanding between me and my wife in Egypt, I traveled to Iraq for work. Then, my psychological circumstances became difficult due to the mental exhaustion and the guilt I felt about what happened between us before I left. I imagined my wife before me while I was in Iraq, then I became angry and said: "You are divorced three times." Does the divorce take effect in such a situation, which psychology calls "daydreaming"? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: If the person speaking is of sound mind, the divorce takes effect even if she is absent. He imagined her and said: "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," imagining her in his mind and visualizing her before him. Or he said: "She is divorced, she is divorced," or "So-and-so is divorced, divorced." The divorce takes effect. However, it is according to what actually occurred: if it happened once, it is one; if twice, it is two; if three times, it is three. If he said: "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," or "She is divorced, she is divorced, she is divorced," it is three, unless he intended only to emphasize and did not intend to effect three divorces. If he repeated it only to emphasize the words and did not intend three, it is according to his intention. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): It is according to his intention. But if he said it without any intention, or if he intended three, then three take effect. Unless his consciousness was absent and he had lost his senses; that is a different matter. But as long as his consciousness is with him and his mind is with him, it takes effect. Yes.
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