The ruling on one who swears by divorce that he will not go to a place, then forgets and goes

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From al-Hanakiyah, a listener whose name is indicated by the letters M, H, 'A, Y. He asks and says: I swore by divorce that I would not go to a specific place, but I forgot this oath and went to that place, and I did not remember it until after three years. What is the ruling in this case? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If you were forgetful, Allah the Exalted says: . However, in the case of divorce, this requires consideration. If you intended to effect the divorce when you went to this place, then one divorce is effected upon you; one divorce is effected from you upon your wife. But if you intended to prevent yourself from going to this place and did not intend to effect the divorce, the correct opinion among the scholars is that you are required to pay the expiation for an oath, because divorce in this case follows the course of an oath. Allah the Exalted said: , and the release of the oaths is the expiation. Yes.