Justice between wives and guidance for one who has married a second wife
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This is Umm Muhammad from Riyadh, and she says: We would like Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih to advise a man who has married a second wife not to fall short in her rights, as there is a difference in justice, and a return to his first wife and injustice toward the second.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) — Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nisa 4:3] from the slave women whom your right hands possess. So justice between the wives is obligatory and a right upon him; he must be just among them.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Baqarah:
The Shaykh:
Justice is in clothing, in financial maintenance, and in lodging. These are the three matters. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Umm Muhammad from Riyadh, and she says: We would like Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih to advise a man who has married a second wife not to fall short in her rights, as there is a difference in justice, and a return to his first wife and injustice toward the second.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) — Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses
فَانكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْThe questioner:
May Allah reward you. The interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Baqarah:
The Shaykh:
Justice is in clothing, in financial maintenance, and in lodging. These are the three matters. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (192) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-10-24] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:44)
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