Is what the husband said to his wife, "I swear you will not stay in the house, and go to your family's house," considered a divorce, especially given that there was absolutely no intention of divorce?
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Your statement to your wife is not an explicit divorce ( sareeh) but rather an implicit one (kinayah). An implicit statement depends on the husband's intention. So, if you did not have the intention of divorce, then no divorce has occurred.
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