What is the ruling if a husband says, "You are divorced before my death," without adding any further specification?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 9 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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The divorce occurs immediately because the time preceding his death, starting from the moment of the conditional statement, is a valid interval for divorce, and thus it takes effect at its earliest possible moment.