Ali's statement: "I divorce you if I do not do such-and-such": Is it an oath or a divorce?
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Question:
The questioner says: It has become widespread among the common people for them to say, "I divorce you if I do not do such-and-such." He asks: Is this considered an oath by other than Allah, or is it considered a divorce?
Answer:
Is it considered an oath by divorce? Is it considered that he is swearing an oath by divorce? And an oath is suspending one thing upon another, which implies either encouraging it or deterring from it. Yes.
The questioner says: It has become widespread among the common people for them to say, "I divorce you if I do not do such-and-such." He asks: Is this considered an oath by other than Allah, or is it considered a divorce?
Answer:
Is it considered an oath by divorce? Is it considered that he is swearing an oath by divorce? And an oath is suspending one thing upon another, which implies either encouraging it or deterring from it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن الطلاق في الحيض وفي الطهر بعد أن يجامعها ما لم يبن حملها — islamhouse.com (45:43)
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