{"_id":"6af243481726f142c7bf4bd0","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Does saying \\\"I was married\\\" in a fictional scenario count as divorce?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If a husband says \\\"I was married\\\" while narrating an imaginary or fictional scenario that he made up in his mind, does this count as a divorce? He did not intend to divorce his wife, did not use the word \\\"divorce,\\\" and was simply describing a daydream without initially giving much thought to the wording.\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"A divorce takes effect through voluntary, conscious, deliberate speech. Explicit wording, like 'I divorce you' counts even if said in anger or jokingly. Implicit wording, like 'get out of my life', counts only if divorce was intended.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If someone says a divorce statement while unconscious, narrating a story, or as a slip of the tongue, it does not count.\"},{\"type\":\"hardBreak\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The phrase 'I was married' is not an explicit expression of divorce. At most, it could be considered an implicit acknowledgement (iqrar), which would depend on the husband's own intention and clarification.\"},{\"type\":\"hardBreak\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"In your case, you were narrating a made-up scenario. There was no real divorce to admit, no intention to divorce, and no intention to report one. So no divorce has taken place.\"},{\"type\":\"hardBreak\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Wa billahi al-tawfiq.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329bc","tag":"Marriage: Divorce","count":29}],"createdOn":"2026-11-09T22:03:52.513Z"}