Chapter on the Terms: Khaliyah, Bariah, Batta, Bain, and Haram in Divorce

"You are free from me," or "You are absolved," or "You are finalized," or "You are separated," or "You are forbidden." Imam (as) replied: "It amounts to nothing."

I asked Imam (as) about a man who said to his wife: "You are forbidden to me." Imam (as) replied: "If I had authority over him, I would have struck his head and said to him, 'Allah (swt) the Exalted has made her lawful…