And Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—said:
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A Concise, Comprehensive Account of Questions Concerning “Oaths and Divorce” and Their Points of Agreement and Difference
A question may concern oaths but not divorce, divorce but not oaths, or both. Statements relating to divorce fall into three categories, and oaths likewise fall into three categories.
Statements relating to divorce take one of three forms: an immediate pronouncement, a conditional pronouncement, or an oath.
The “immediate pronouncement” effects divorce outright, without attaching any condition or oath to it. Examples include saying: “You are divorced,” or “You have been divorced”; “So-and-so is divorced”; “You are divorce itself”; or “I have divorced you.” Similar expressions may take the form of a verb, a verbal noun, an active participle, or a passive participle. This is called an immediate divorce, an unrestricted divorce, or an unconditional divorce—that is, one not made dependent on a condition. This effects a divorce; it is not