Husband attributing divorce to a future date

Q: Me and my husband had an argument and then I came to my parents house. I was pregnant at that time. My husband, just to threaten me so that I would come back home sent me a message saying "divorce Septmeber, 2017". He wanted to tell me that he will give me a divorce in September but he did this just to make me upset and did not intend as such. The very next month, in April, he came to me and we had a relation and apologized for what he did. He said that he just did it to threaten me so that I would come back. We want to know if it will be counted as divorce? 

A: If his intention in the words was that he will divorce then this is not a valid divorce.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)