What is the ruling if a husband says, "You are divorced immediately before my death, or immediately before Zayd's arrival"?
Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
The divorce does not take effect immediately, but rather in the very next instant following the death or arrival, because this phrasing implies a contraction of time (*tasghir*) necessitating the smallest remaining portion of time.