Does referring to specific parts or the entirety of the wife's being constitute Zihar?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Zihar

Book 42 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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Statements such as 'Your entirety,' 'Your body,' 'Your person,' 'Your essence,' or 'All of you to me is like the back of my mother' constitutes Zihar. This is because such a reference points to the wife herself, making it equivalent to addressing her directly, as in the formula 'You.'