What is the ruling on a man whose wife left him without reason, and he was then forced to divorce her, and they did not return any of his rights to him?

Question:
May Allah reward you. A listener, whose name is indicated by the initials M.J., says: I submit this to your eminence, hoping for a clarification of the noble legal perspective on this matter. I am a man who married a wife who stayed with me for about ten years. Then she went to her family’s house without any reason. Her father and brother treated me harshly and cursed me. They took my rights until I became poor, and I was forced to divorce her. They did not return any of my rights to me, and they took a large sum of money from me. I ask for clarification of the ruling in this matter for people like these, and for those who do what they do, taking the husband’s rights when it suits them and always meeting him with cursing and denial. May Allah protect you.

Answer:
There is no doubt that injustice is forbidden and is not permissible, even against a disbeliever. The Exalted said: This is in general terms. As for this specific case, it must be referred to the judge, or to the Shari'ah court, because this is a dispute between two parties and a claim by the questioner, which requires the judge’s review. Yes.