Divorce of a wife who abandons prayer and is not a virgin
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I got married, and after the marriage I was surprised to find that my wife is not a virgin and that she abandons the prayer. Is it permissible for me to divorce her? And would I be a coward if I did not divorce her?
Answer:
It is permissible. If you do not feel reassured about her, it is permissible for you to divorce her; the divorce is in your hand. As for being a coward, if it is established that she is an adulteress, if it is established that she commits zina and does not repent, then it is not permissible for you to keep her? It is not permissible for you to keep her? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I got married, and after the marriage I was surprised to find that my wife is not a virgin and that she abandons the prayer. Is it permissible for me to divorce her? And would I be a coward if I did not divorce her?
Answer:
It is permissible. If you do not feel reassured about her, it is permissible for you to divorce her; the divorce is in your hand. As for being a coward, if it is established that she is an adulteress, if it is established that she commits zina and does not repent, then it is not permissible for you to keep her? It is not permissible for you to keep her? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 68 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|في أن قتل الحية والعقرب والمشي اليسير للحاجة |صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:10:27)
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