What is the ruling on saying, "And by divorce, you will not succeed, nor will you see success," with the intention of self-reproach, knowing that this statement was made after the marriage contract but before consummation, and in a place where one relieves oneself?
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If you merely thought about divorce without uttering it, or if you uttered it involuntarily due to obsessive thoughts (waswasa), your divorce is not effective. However, if you uttered it willingly and with full awareness of what you were saying, then your oath is binding. But if you swore by it believing you were truthful in what you swore about, the preponderant opinion is that you are not liable for breaking an oath or for divorce, because it falls under the ruling of a baseless oath ( laghw), meaning you did not intend falsehood but rather spoke based on your assumption, as stated in the fatwas of Sheikh Ibn Baz.
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