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What is the ruling on divorce oaths conditioned upon leaving the house, greeting so-and-so, and not taking off clothes, with some of them being repeated, and do they take effect or not, based on the differing opinions of scholars on that?

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It appears your husband has pronounced a conditional divorce () three times, and the divorce became effective in each instance based on your actions. Firstly: he conditioned divorce upon your leaving the house, and he repeated this seven times. If he intended to effect a divorce with the first utterance, then one divorce becomes binding upon you. However, if he intended to effect a divorce with each of the seven utterances, then you become irrevocably divorced from him by the first three. Secondly: he conditioned divorce upon greeting a specific person, and you did so. Thirdly: he conditioned it upon your not removing your clothes, and you did so, unless he did not specify a timeframe for this, in which case the divorce does not occur.

Based on the majority opinion of scholars, you have become irrevocably divorced from him, and you are not lawful for him until you marry another husband in a valid marriage and he then divorces you. However, if he did not specify a timeframe for the removal of clothes, and his repetition of his first oath was merely for emphasis, then he has divorced you twice. In this case, he may take you back before the ' (waiting period) expires, or with a new marriage contract thereafter.

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