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What is the ruling on a wife disclosing her household secrets? And does divorce occur if the wife speaks about her private life to others, especially if she does not inform her husband of that?

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It is forbidden for spouses to disclose the secrets of their marital life, based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, among the worst people in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection is a man who goes to his wife and she goes to him, then he publicizes her secret." If the husband made his wife's divorce conditional on her disclosing a secret, and that occurred, the divorce takes place. The wife must inform the husband of what happened, otherwise, she is sinful. The husband is not sinful for not knowing. If it was the first or second divorce, he may take her back. If it was the third, she is not lawful for him until she marries another husband.

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