Has divorce occurred by the wife leaving the house after the husband said to her: "You are divorced by ten, and you are forbidden to me if you leave the house, or go to the house of so-and-so and so-and-so," knowing that the husband did not intend divorce by that, but rather intended intimidation and threat?
If a man divorces his wife under the threat of a knife, or in a state of extreme anger that renders him unconscious, the divorce does not take effect. When a man tells his wife: "You are divorced by ten and forbidden to me if you leave the house," this is considered an oath. If he intended divorce, or ẓihār (a form of divorce-like pronouncement), or an oath, then the matter is according to his intention. If he did not intend anything, then he must offer expiation for an oath. The statement "You are divorced by ten" is treated as a single divorce. If the intention of the oath was to prevent her from leaving without his consent, and they both left with their mutual consent, then nothing is incumbent upon him. However, if he intended to prevent her from leaving absolutely, and then he retracted, he must offer expiation for an oath (feeding or clothing ten needy persons, or freeing a slave). The husband must control himself and refrain from swearing by divorce and ḥarām, and treat his wife kindly, resolving problems with wisdom.
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