Does the pronouncement of divorce by a husband upon a wife who was just manumitted (freed slave) but has not yet exercised her option to annul the marriage (khiyar al-faskh) take effect?

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The pronouncement of divorce takes effect immediately, and the wife's right to annulment is nullified. This is the ruling because the divorce is issued by a husband legally capable of disposition, within a valid marriage contract, thus it is enforced as if manumission had not occurred. The basis for this ruling is that the husband is legally competent and willing, pronouncing divorce during an ongoing valid marriage, thereby making the divorce effective immediately, similar to if he had divorced her before manumission or if she had not chosen annulment. Furthermore, annulment takes effect from the time it is declared, not retroactively, because a ruling cannot precede its cause. Evidence for this is found in the fact that the waiting period (Iddah) commences from the time of divorce, not from the time of manumission, and any prior consummation is deemed under a valid marriage, establishing the eligibility status (ihsan) for the first husband.