Does divorce take effect if I say to my wife: "You are divorced; tell me what frightened you; say: yes or no; tell the truth"; this being because I suspected she was afraid to tell me she had broken a bottle, then she said she was not afraid to tell me, but was afraid of my anger and that I would say she was negligent, then she said she forgot to tell me during the invitation, then she recanted and said she did not mean that she forgot, but rather that it only occurred to her later?
If the wife tells the truth, the husband does not break his oath, and no divorce occurs. Marital relations should be conducted with kindness, so the husband should not be harsh with his wife over trivial matters. The permissible oath is by Allah Almighty.
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