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A wife repeatedly demanding divorce while the husband refuses

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Question:
If my wife asks me for a divorce several times and I refuse, is this injustice or not? If my wife asks me for a divorce many times and I refuse, is this injustice? And if I marry secretly without my wife’s knowledge, is there anything on me?

Answer:
If you are asked for a divorce for a reason, because you have failed in your rights toward her, or you have not treated her with what is due, or you are being unjust to her, then it is obligatory to remove this great harm, either by being just or by divorcing her. [Retaining her] with kindness or [releasing her] with generosity. As for if the request for divorce is without a reason, it is not permissible for her to do this. Any woman in the authentic hadith
Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce without a valid reason, the fragrance of Paradise is forbidden to herأيما امرأة سألت زوجها الطلاق من غير ما بأس فحرام عليها رائحة الجنة
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 8:1348
, and I am severe in this; it is not permissible for her to ask for a divorce without a reason. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2 من 25|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة النساء|019-023|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:41)

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