Chapter on Oath of Abstinence (ila)

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَهْجُرُ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ طَلَاقٍ وَ لَا يَمِينٍ سَنَةً فَلَا يَأْتِي فِرَاشَهَا قَالَ لِيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ وَ قَالَ ع أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ آلَى مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ وَ الْإِيلَاءُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَ اللَّهِ لَا أُجَامِعُكِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا[3] وَ اللَّهِ لَأَغِيظَنَّكِ ثُمَّ يُغَايِظَهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ ثُمَّ يُؤْخَذُ بَعْدَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأَشْهُرِ

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who abandons his wife without divorcing her or taking an oath, leaving her for a year without approaching her bed. Imam (as) said: "He must return to his wife." Imam (as) also said: "Any man who swears an oath (ilaʾ) against his wife-ilaʾ being when he says, 'By Allah (swt), I will

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ آلَى مِنِ اِمْرَأَتِهِ، فَمَرَّتْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ "يُوقَفُ فَإِنْ عَزَمَ اَلطَّلاَقَ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَ عَلَيْهَا عِدَّةُ اَلْمُطَلَّقَةِ وَ إِلاَّ كَفَّرَ يَمِينَهُ وَ أَمْسَكَهَا".

Hadith.4825 - In the narration of Aban ibn Uthman from Mansur, he said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who swears an oath (ilaʾ) against his wife, and four months pass. Imam (as) said: "He is to be brought forward. If he decides on divorce, she is separated from him, and she must observe the waiting period (idda