My question is me and my husband haven't slept in the same bed for almost a year, are we considered divorced? Thank you for your time.

· 13 Ramadan 1421 AH1 min readFatwa 1704English

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Answer

If you were not intimate with your husband for any period of time, that does not constitute a divorce.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best

Mufti E. Desai

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