What is the ruling on someone who swore an oath of divorce not to enter a company with the intention of not being employed there, but then entered it to buy an item? Is there any expiation upon him? And what is the ruling on using items in an electronic game that were obtained through illegal means, after repenting and apologizing to the player who warned him?
If you tie divorce to an allusive expression, intending divorce, and you then break your oath, a divorce occurs. According to Ibn Taymiyyah, you are then liable for an oath expiation. However, if you did not intend divorce, then no divorce occurs.
The validity of an oath depends on the intention. So, if you swore an oath of divorce not to join a company, and you intended not to work for it, you do not break your oath merely by entering the company.
A game in which you pay money and earn points to acquire items is prohibited gambling. You must repent and return the money or items to their owners; otherwise, you should give them away in charity on their behalf.
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