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This statement is not conditional divorce

Question

Dear Brother/Sister, assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know whether the following phrase is considered a conditional divorce: A man tells his wife, "The day you become angry in this house is your last day here." Thank you.

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

This statement is apparently a promise and a threat of divorce, but it is not a conditional divorce. So if the wife becomes angry and the husband did not put his non-explicit threat of divorce into effect, then divorce does not take place.

Allaah knows best.

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