They can get that too.
The text message notifies them of the divorce and provides the court reference which they can then use to view the documents online:
The courts notify women of probate certificates related to marital status – upon approval – through their Absher-registered mobile numbers,” the ministry explained. “The message includes the certificate number and the name of the relevant court.”
Through the ministry’s Najiz portal (https://najiz.moj.gov.sa), women can also inquire about their marital status and view the details of any probate certificates.
Female clients can also visit the court or the court president’s office in order to obtain a copy of the divorce certificate, if any.
Doesn’t help with avoiding the divorce of course but then they can’t do that anyway.
I can’t find any example of that in English and I can’t read Arabic so your guess is as good as mine. All I can think of is that under Shariah law a husband has responsibilities towards a wife. Those don’t apply to an ex-wife.
If you’re an evil bastard, I suppose there might be some benefits to living with a woman to whom you are not married but who thinks she is still required to comply with her obligations as a wife.
For one thing, if you’ve been managing her mahr, you can carry on doing so and if you deferred it so it’s only payable on divorce, you can carry on keeping it.
