What happens if the husband intended neither his wife nor the non-wife when he uttered the phrase, 'One of you two is divorced'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 7 · Bab 2

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The wife is divorced. This occurs because the wife is the proper subject for divorce, and the utterance is capable of applying to her and is valid for her, and since no intent diverted the utterance away from her, the divorce takes effect, equivalent to a case where he intended her.