If a wife is divorced with an initial repudiation via a mobile phone message before the end of her waiting period, and then a second repudiation is issued via a mobile phone message, are these repudiations counted as one or two after an agreement is reached to reconcile with her?
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Opinions differ regarding the ruling on writing an explicit divorce (talaq sareeh) in mobile messages: is it like uttering it verbally, not requiring intention, or is it an ambiguous expression (kinayah) that requires intention? However, if the husband intended divorce by writing it on both occasions, then it counts as two divorces against him without dispute, and he may take her back during her 'iddah (waiting period) if he has not divorced her more than these two times.
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