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

Book 39 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

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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.