When does the divorce occur if the statement is 'You are divorced when Ramadan appears,' or 'until Ramadan,' or 'until the crescent of Ramadan,' or 'in the crescent of Ramadan'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 10 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The divorce takes effect at the moment the crescent is sighted (Yastahil), unless the speaker intended the period spanning from that moment until the end of the crescent sighting period, in which case the divorce occurs immediately.