Is a divorce valid if it was uttered by someone afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), who swore by divorce three times without intending to make it conditional or to swear by it, and then issued multiple allusions to divorce without intending to finalize the divorce immediately, knowing that he was given a fatwa that the divorce is not valid, that expiation is sufficient for him, and that the "raj'ah" (revocation of divorce) is void?
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Since you swore believing yourself to be truthful, and did not intend to lie, your divorce did not occur. What happened from you after that, concerning your returning to your wife, does not result in a divorce. Likewise, the allusive phrases (kinayat) about which you doubt the occurrence of divorce—none of that results in a divorce. Therefore, turn away from these whisperings (waswas), and do not pay attention to them. Be cautious of excessive questioning and branching out in matters of divorce and its allusive phrases, for this approach increases whisperings and confounds the mind.
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