Is it permissible for a woman to ask her imprisoned husband, who uses drugs, to swear an oath of triple divorce that he will not return to this bad habit, to ensure his abstinence from it?
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If a man swears an oath of divorce not to do something and then does it:
If he intended to prevent himself from doing it (which is usually the case), then he is required to offer an expiation for breaking an oath (kaffarat ) when he breaks it.
If he intended divorce and separation from his wife, then one revocable divorce ( raj'i) occurs.
Drug addiction harms the wife and permits her to seek a divorce. However, she should be patient and try to reform him through admonition, advice, instilling fear of Allah in him, encouraging him to repent, and seeking help from righteous and virtuous people.
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