What is the ruling on a man who marries a woman in a lawful marriage, with the intention that he will divorce her after a certain period, while she is unaware of this?
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Question:
He asks: What is the ruling in the religion regarding a man who marries a woman in a lawful marriage, with the intention that he will divorce her after a period of time without her knowing, for reasons that necessitate this for him instead of taking another path that is not lawful?
Answer:
This is incorrect. Marrying with the intention of divorce is an invalid marriage, because the purpose of marriage is to hold onto the spouse, live together, have children, for the man to take care of the woman, provide for her, and make her independent of poverty and need for people, and to protect her chastity. Marriage has many benefits; if one takes only one benefit, which is merely satisfying desire, this is not a lawful marriage. And if anyone says it is permissible, that is incorrect. Also, the effects that have appeared from this type of marriage are bad. Some people go abroad and marry one woman each night and divorce her in the morning, then go to the second and marry her, without asking about children or anything else. This means he is like a beast; his only intention is to satisfy his desire, and he does not care about the rulings of marriage, offspring, or anything else. This is not permissible. Yes.
He asks: What is the ruling in the religion regarding a man who marries a woman in a lawful marriage, with the intention that he will divorce her after a period of time without her knowing, for reasons that necessitate this for him instead of taking another path that is not lawful?
Answer:
This is incorrect. Marrying with the intention of divorce is an invalid marriage, because the purpose of marriage is to hold onto the spouse, live together, have children, for the man to take care of the woman, provide for her, and make her independent of poverty and need for people, and to protect her chastity. Marriage has many benefits; if one takes only one benefit, which is merely satisfying desire, this is not a lawful marriage. And if anyone says it is permissible, that is incorrect. Also, the effects that have appeared from this type of marriage are bad. Some people go abroad and marry one woman each night and divorce her in the morning, then go to the second and marry her, without asking about children or anything else. This means he is like a beast; his only intention is to satisfy his desire, and he does not care about the rulings of marriage, offspring, or anything else. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مَن يتزوج بامرأة زواجًا شرعيًّا، وفي نيته أنه سيطلقها بعد مدة وهي لا تعرف ذلك؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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