A woman married, then was divorced after three months by proxy. Have I wronged her in that case, and is there a sin on me?
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The questioner:
He says: I ask you, for I married a woman and she stayed with me for about three months, then I divorced her by proxy. I appointed my father to do so and obtained the power of attorney from the embassy. Have I wronged her in that case? Is there a sin on me? And if there is a sin on me, or if I have wronged her, how should I act now? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
There is no sin on you in divorcing her if you had no desire for her, whether you divorced her yourself or appointed someone to divorce her, as you mentioned. The divorce by the agent is like the divorce by the principal. As for whether she has a claim against you, or whether you have wronged her, we do not know. If you have rights owed to her, it is obligatory for you to fulfill her rights. Or if you have wronged her in some way, it is obligatory for you to seek her forgiveness, or to fulfill what you wronged her with, if it is money or a right among her rights, you must fulfill it for her.
The presenter:
Shaykh Salih, do you not see that his question about the injustice implies something within himself, perhaps that he acted in an inappropriate manner?
The Shaykh:
It is as we mentioned, if he knows that he has wronged her with psychological harm.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He must seek her forgiveness.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And seek her pardon. But if he wronged her with a right among her rights, he must fulfill the right by which he wronged her, unless she forgives him.
He says: I ask you, for I married a woman and she stayed with me for about three months, then I divorced her by proxy. I appointed my father to do so and obtained the power of attorney from the embassy. Have I wronged her in that case? Is there a sin on me? And if there is a sin on me, or if I have wronged her, how should I act now? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
There is no sin on you in divorcing her if you had no desire for her, whether you divorced her yourself or appointed someone to divorce her, as you mentioned. The divorce by the agent is like the divorce by the principal. As for whether she has a claim against you, or whether you have wronged her, we do not know. If you have rights owed to her, it is obligatory for you to fulfill her rights. Or if you have wronged her in some way, it is obligatory for you to seek her forgiveness, or to fulfill what you wronged her with, if it is money or a right among her rights, you must fulfill it for her.
The presenter:
Shaykh Salih, do you not see that his question about the injustice implies something within himself, perhaps that he acted in an inappropriate manner?
The Shaykh:
It is as we mentioned, if he knows that he has wronged her with psychological harm.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He must seek her forgiveness.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And seek her pardon. But if he wronged her with a right among her rights, he must fulfill the right by which he wronged her, unless she forgives him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تزوجت امرأة، ثم طلقتها بعد ثلاثة أشهر بوكالة، هل أكون قد ظلمتها حينئذ، وهل علي ذنب؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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