would not be divorced, because she lacks deliberation. If the slightest thing happened to her, she would say, “Praise be to Allah, I will divorce myself; I will do this act in order to divorce myself.”

Thus, even according to the view that permits it—as is the established position of the school—a person should never appoint his wife as his agent to divorce herself. For, as those who prohibit it have explained, she is weak in judgment and quickly influenced by emotion and sentiment. All these reasons require a person to refrain from appointing her as his agent.