Does a divorce occur when the wife opens the phone, given that the husband had conditioned the divorce on her opening it, and then later changed the password to enable her to open it?
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If the questioner intended to prevent his wife from opening his mobile phone except with his permission, and then he gave her permission, or he prevented her for a specific period and that period expired, then he does not break his oath and no divorce occurs. This is because the intention specifies the general and restricts the absolute in an oath.
However, if there was no intention to specify the prohibition with a certain time or characteristic, then divorce occurs upon her opening the mobile phone.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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