Family
A Husband Who Says “You Are Forbidden to Me” with the Intention of Divorce
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
If a man says to his wife, “You are forbidden to me,” intending divorce, does it count as divorce?
Answer (English translation)
No—it is zihar.