What is the ruling if a man tells a pregnant woman whose pregnancy is evident, 'You are divorced for the bid'ah'?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 7 · Bab 1

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If a man says to a pregnant woman whose pregnancy is evident, 'You are divorced for the bid'ah,' she is not divorced immediately. The divorce occurs only upon delivery, because the post-natal bleeding period (nifas) is considered a time of bid'ah, analogous to menstruation.