Does a divorce take place for a woman who enters the courtyard of the other wife after stipulating that whoever enters the other's house is divorced?
The ruling on the divorce of the wife who entered the courtyard of the other wife's house depends on your intention when taking the oath. If you intended to prevent her from entering the house's courtyard, then you have broken your oath. If you had no specific intention, but the reason for the oath necessitated the inclusion of the courtyard in the prohibition, then you have broken your oath. If it is not clear to you that entering the house's courtyard falls within the scope of your oath, neither by intention nor by the reason for the oath, then the reference is to the apparent meaning of the wording, and you have not broken your oath by the woman entering the house's courtyard. According to the view that the oath is broken, the relied-upon ruling is the occurrence of divorce. There is another view that divorce does not occur if you did not intend its occurrence but rather intended only a threat and prevention, and in this case, an expiation for a broken oath (kaffarat yamin) is incumbent upon you.
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