What is the situation in which a person suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswās) is considered reassured concerning his divorce for it to take effect, and is it permissible for him to adopt the fatwa that a triple divorce does not count as a single divorce?
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Divorce issued by one afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder () without their conscious choice is not effective. However, divorce issued while one is aware and acting out of their own choice is effective. It is permissible for the one afflicted with waswas to adopt the easiest of scholarly opinions to alleviate hardship and rid themselves of these obsessive thoughts, even though the general principle is that it is not permissible to act upon a whose correctness one is not confident in.
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