What is the ruling on someone who said to his wife: "You are divorced if you open this bag," then asked her to open it, and said to her: "You are divorced if you go to my mother's house," then asked her to go visit his mother?
Conditional divorce, according to the majority of jurists, occurs if the condition it was suspended upon is met, and it does not matter if the husband himself commanded the action. However, if his intention was to prevent his wife from doing a specific thing without his permission, the divorce does not occur as long as he is the one who commanded her to do it, because intention particularizes the oath. One should be wary of using divorce pronouncements as a means to solve marital problems.
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