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Does divorce occur by saying "I swear, this is the last time, otherwise divorce" or "I swear my wife is divorced if this is not the last time" when performing ablution or prayer to avoid repeating it due to irritable bowel syndrome, and does divorce occur by saying "otherwise, like it" without specification, and is expiation for an oath obligatory with the repetition of these oaths?

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The enquirer is afflicted with waswas (obsessive whispering). An oath uttered by someone suffering from waswas under its influence, or breaking such an oath under its influence, is not taken into consideration, and nothing is binding upon him regarding it, because he is in the position of someone under duress. Therefore, if these oaths were uttered by him under the influence of waswas, or if he broke them under the influence of waswas—as appears to be the case—then there is nothing upon him, and no divorce occurs thereby.

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