Dispute regarding intent when a husband claims 'You did not intend divorce by choosing for yourself'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the husband asserts he did not intend divorce when the wife claimed the choice ('ikhtiyar nafsik'), and the wife claims she did intend divorce, the wife's statement prevails based on the principle that the person uttering the statement regarding their own intent is the most knowledgeable concerning it.