What is the ruling if a husband states, 'You are divorced unless you wish'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 1 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the husband states, 'You are divorced unless you wish,' and the wife subsequently replies, 'I have wished,' the divorce does not occur. If they defer the matter concerning the wish, the divorce takes place.