What is the ruling if the husband says, 'You are divorced today, if I do not divorce you'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 4 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

This statement is treated identically to 'You are divorced today, if I do not divorce you today,' because stipulating the non-occurrence of divorce is a condition for the divorce occurring today, and the condition must precede the conditioned event.