What is the ruling on marrying with the intention of divorce?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding a man who travels outside his country, then marries there with the intention of divorcing, and after a period of time divorces her and returns to his country?
Answer:
This is manipulation; this is playing with marriage, playing with the daughters of people and Muslim women. Marriage is not to be entered into with the intention of divorce. Marriage is for the sake of desire and continuity. If she is good for him, he continues with her, and if she is not good for him, he divorces her. But if he intends from the very beginning and harbors the intention that he will use her for a few days and then divorce her, while she does not know and thinks he is a permanent husband, and he does not know that she thinks it is a permanent marriage, and he deceives them, this is not permissible. This is deception.
Also, as for his children, if it happens that she becomes pregnant, where does her pregnancy go? Where does her offspring go? He loses them and does not know about them. It is a mess. This marriage is not valid. It is a contract, a pledge, a covenant, and the foundation of a family and the reception of children. It is not a marriage for play, but only for lust and that is all. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding a man who travels outside his country, then marries there with the intention of divorcing, and after a period of time divorces her and returns to his country?
Answer:
This is manipulation; this is playing with marriage, playing with the daughters of people and Muslim women. Marriage is not to be entered into with the intention of divorce. Marriage is for the sake of desire and continuity. If she is good for him, he continues with her, and if she is not good for him, he divorces her. But if he intends from the very beginning and harbors the intention that he will use her for a few days and then divorce her, while she does not know and thinks he is a permanent husband, and he does not know that she thinks it is a permanent marriage, and he deceives them, this is not permissible. This is deception.
Also, as for his children, if it happens that she becomes pregnant, where does her pregnancy go? Where does her offspring go? He loses them and does not know about them. It is a mess. This marriage is not valid. It is a contract, a pledge, a covenant, and the foundation of a family and the reception of children. It is not a marriage for play, but only for lust and that is all. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الزواج بنية الطلاق؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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