What is the religious ruling regarding a husband who frequently swears by divorce for the most trivial reasons, and refuses to offer expiation for his oath after swearing by divorce that his wife should not open his phone or go for laser hair removal on her face?
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A husband must treat his wife well and not use divorce as a means of threat. Swearing by divorce is disliked in Islamic law, and divorce occurs thereby according to the majority of scholars. Some scholars, like Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, held that an expiation for an oath (kaffarat ) is due upon breaking it. This latter opinion may be adopted by students of Islamic knowledge or by a layperson who is given a to that effect by someone he trusts. However, adopting this opinion may lead to leniency in swearing by divorce.
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