Is a divorce effective if one says, "If you open Facebook in my presence, you are divorced," and what is the ruling on reconciliation after forgetting the oath?
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If the wife does the thing sworn upon, forgetting the oath, then the husband does not break his oath. And the husband's utterance of "raj'ah" (resumption of marital relations) as a precaution does not result in divorce. The preponderant opinion is that intention is considered in an oath. So, if you intended to prevent your wife from opening Facebook for a specific period, your oath is restricted to that period, and you do not break your oath if she does it outside of that period.
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