What is the ruling on someone who swore an oath of divorce to himself to keep certain things, then his family (wife, mother, father) broke the oath out of ignorance of this oath? And does divorce occur if the oath was made through inner thoughts or with doubt about uttering it due to obsessive thoughts without intention? And does the ruling "whoever swore an oath on something and did it out of forgetfulness or ignorance, divorce does not occur" apply to the action of the family who were ignorant of the oath?
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As long as the matter is merely a self-dialogue without utterance, divorce does not occur. Nor does it occur if there is doubt about uttering the oath of divorce, and no attention should be paid to doubt or to self-dialogue. If he uttered the oath of divorce due to the overwhelming influence of obsessive thoughts on his mind and not by choice, then divorce does not occur upon his breaking the oath. There is no need to elaborate on whether the wife or others are aware or unaware.
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