وَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْغَائِبُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَحَدُّ غَيْبَتِهِ الَّتِي إِذَا غَابَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ مَتَى شَاءَ أَقْصَاهُ خَمْسَةُ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ أَوْسَطُهُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ أَدْنَاهُ شَهْرٌ.
And regarding a man who is absent and wishes to divorce his wife, the period of absence during which he may divorce whenever he wants is as follows: the longest is five or six months, the middle is three months, and the shortest is one month.
