The ruling on a woman requesting divorce solely because her husband has married another woman
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Question:
A woman seeks to obtain a divorce through the court because she refuses her husband's plural marriage, knowing that she has children from him. What is the ruling on her seeking this?
Answer:
The court will not grant her this, because plural marriage is permissible, and Allah the Exalted has made it lawful. However, if she stipulated in the marriage contract that he would not marry another woman, then she has the right to demand that he uphold the stipulation. If she did not stipulate this, she cannot prevent him, and she has no right to take him to court.
A woman seeks to obtain a divorce through the court because she refuses her husband's plural marriage, knowing that she has children from him. What is the ruling on her seeking this?
Answer:
The court will not grant her this, because plural marriage is permissible, and Allah the Exalted has made it lawful. However, if she stipulated in the marriage contract that he would not marry another woman, then she has the right to demand that he uphold the stipulation. If she did not stipulate this, she cannot prevent him, and she has no right to take him to court.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [130] حكم طلب المرأة الطلاق لمجرد زواج زوجها بأخرى - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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