Wa aleikumus-Salaam.
The 2 times he said it are enforced, as Allaah`s Messenger -sAaws- has said whoever says it even while joking, he is in reality divorced. And Allaah knows best. Khul`a is not counted among them, but it shouldn`t be done with just an intention to avoid talaq. And Allaah knows best. May Allaah forgive you. NikaaH is not a game. Otherwise the punisment of zina of a married person would`t be stoning to death, and a non-married free person 100 lashes, and a slave 50 lashes. It`s a stupid joke, and you have both been very foolish. Your example to me is nothing but like the example of the jews who were ordered to say "Hittah", which is repentance to Allaah when they entered Jerusalum, and they changed the words to "Hintah", which is something silly. Allaah punished them, but His Mercy to this ummah is greater, so may He forgive you.
It has happened to me that I was divorced twice, and then my wife asked for khul`a, but we remarried without having married anyone in between, and the imams didn`t object to it, and considered it allowed. And this trial is from qadr of Allaah, and a lesson for us all, so may He purify us. Salaam.
And don`t ever even think about marrying someone justy to get divorce to marry your ex again. That`s like mut`ah, and playing with Huduud of Alaah, not nikaaH. A`uuthu Billaah. Shaitaan can whisper things, so be careful.
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