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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on forcing a daughter’s or sister’s husband to divorce?

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Question:
We also ask Your Eminence the Shaykh to advise those who force the husbands of their daughters or sisters to divorce and celebrate this divorce after it has taken place. Likewise, it is not permissible to force, it is not permissible to compel a man to divorce his wife except by the judge,

Answer:
the judge, if the judge sees that the husband is being harsh with his wife and harming her, and she requests a divorce, then the judge orders him to divorce her to remove the harm from her. If he refuses, the judge divorces him on his behalf, because he acts in place of his father. However, if the husband is righteous and upright and does not wrong the woman, it is not permissible to force him to divorce; this is injustice, so it is not permissible. Even if he is forced, his divorce does not take effect, because he is coerced, and the divorce of one who is coerced does not take effect.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إكراه زوج البنت أو الأخت على الطلاق؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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