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Does divorce occur after the wife menstruates and becomes pure, based on the husband’s oath to that effect, and what is the ruling on the period preceding menstruation?

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Your statement to your wife: "It is over" is among the allusions to divorce. The matter depends on your intention. What you intended was a promise of divorce and a determination to carry it out in the future after she becomes pure from menstruation. This does not effect a divorce. Since you swore an oath to that, if your wife becomes pure, do not divorce her, and you must pay an expiation for breaking an oath (kaffarat yamin).

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