Is the phrase, "You will not go to your father unless you are divorced," and the wife's subsequent departure, considered an ordinary oath requiring expiation, or an actual divorce, given that the intention at the time of the oath was not entirely clear?
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What appears to be the case is that if you went to her father before divorcing her, you have broken your oath, and an expiation for breaking an oath is incumbent upon you if your oath was by Allah or by one of His attributes.
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