The Hadith of the Wife of Thabit ibn Qays: Accept the Garden and Divorce Her
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the hadith "Accept the garden and divorce her" indicate that it is permissible for a woman to disagree without a reason?
Answer:
What is meant by "without a reason" is that this woman reached the point where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her husband, "Take the garden." She reached a state where she could not bear to look at him, she could not bear to look at her husband. She disliked remaining with him because she did not love him, fearing that she would not fulfill her obligatory duties, fearing that she would not fulfill her obligatory duties. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this from her, he ordered her husband to take the garden that he had given her and to divorce her. And he is Thabit ibn al-Shammas.
Honorable Shaykh, does the hadith "Accept the garden and divorce her" indicate that it is permissible for a woman to disagree without a reason?
Answer:
What is meant by "without a reason" is that this woman reached the point where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her husband, "Take the garden." She reached a state where she could not bear to look at him, she could not bear to look at her husband. She disliked remaining with him because she did not love him, fearing that she would not fulfill her obligatory duties, fearing that she would not fulfill her obligatory duties. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this from her, he ordered her husband to take the garden that he had given her and to divorce her. And he is Thabit ibn al-Shammas.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 119 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/النكاح/أحاديث في النكاح/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:05)
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