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Must a wife remain in the marital home and refuse to let her husband enter after he has divorced her and threatened to evict her, and is it permissible for her to go out for purposes other than work?

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A husband is not permitted to strike his wife unjustly; rather, he must treat her well. Threatening her with divorce or expelling her from the home constitutes ill-treatment. Swearing an oath of divorce leads to divorce according to the majority of scholars, whereas Ibn Taymiyyah holds that it necessitates an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yameen) if the husband did not intend to effect a divorce. If a trustworthy scholar issues a stating that the divorce does not occur, it is permissible to act upon his fatwa. A woman is not permitted to leave her husband's house unless there is a legitimate شرعي excuse, such as fear of assault. She may leave for work without his permission if she stipulated this before the marriage contract or if he does not provide for her. A woman in a revocable divorce ( raj'i) must observe her ' in her husband's house and is not permitted to leave except for an excuse. The husband has the right to be in seclusion with her. Anger does not prevent the occurrence of divorce unless the person is unaware of what he is saying.

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