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Is it permissible to sell the wife's gold to buy a car, given the husband's debts, after he swore that if she sells her gold to pay off his debt, she would be irrevocably divorced?

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Cooperation between spouses is the foundation of married life, and the wife erred if expressions of reproach were uttered by her. It is better to find an excuse for her. As for the oath of divorce, if the condition therein is fulfilled by her selling gold to pay off debts, then divorce occurs. The utterance of divorce coupled with prohibition may imply a triple divorce according to some jurists. It is the same ruling whether the gold is sold to pay off previous or subsequent debts, or merely to help purchase something, as long as the motive is reproach and overstepping boundaries. However, if the intention was to restrict the condition to previous debts only, then divorce does not occur if the gold is sold to pay off other debts or fulfill other needs.

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