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What is the ruling on a wife being divorced for the third time when she is the one who compelled her husband to swear an oath of divorce, and he did not want to?

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A divorce that occurs because the wife forced her husband to pronounce it requires elaboration:

- If she insistently demanded divorce or mistreated him, leading him to resort to divorce, then it is valid. If it completes three divorces, then she becomes unlawful for him until she marries another husband in a marriage of genuine desire.

- If she coerced him into divorce by threatening murder or similar acts, and he genuinely believed she would carry out her threat, or if she threatened to kill herself and he also genuinely believed she would carry out the threat, then nothing is binding on him. This is because the divorce pronounced under coercion is not valid if the religiously recognized conditions of coercion are met.

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