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What is the ruling on someone who committed a sin and repented from it, but does not know whether he swore by divorce not to return to it due to the presence of obsessive thoughts, and what are the implications for someone who swore by divorce to do something but did not intend divorce, knowing that he is married but has not yet consummated the marriage?

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Divorce does not occur through self-talk and obsessive thoughts, because the speaker does not intend it. One must turn away from these obsessive thoughts and seek refuge with Allah from Satan.

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