What is the ruling if the husband says, 'You are divorced the day Zayd arrives' and Zayd arrives at night?
Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
The divorce does not occur because the condition (the arrival within the day) was not met. However, if the intent of 'the day' (*al-yawm*) was the time, then the divorce occurs at the time of his arrival, because time itself is sometimes referred to as a day, as evidenced by the verse: Quran 8:16.