Does divorce take place when the husband promises his wife he will divorce her if she does a certain thing, even if he did not swear an oath and did not intend it, and did not actually carry it out?
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Divorce does not occur if the wife commits something she was forbidden from, as long as the matter is merely a promise and a threat. A promise of divorce does not make it occur.
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