Compelling the husband to have children and the wife’s divorce for compensation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the wife have the right to compel her husband to have children if he refuses? And if he insists on refusing, does she have the right to divorce him for compensation?
Answer:
Having children is not a matter of choice that can be imposed on him. Therefore, Allah the Exalted has placed this in His hand. If she wants a khul' (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) and he agrees to it, that is fine. However, he cannot be forced to divorce her, because this does not obligate him. No, this is not one of the defects that permits annulment or gives the woman the option to choose. Yes, because this is not in the husband's control. Yes, very well. Another point. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, does the wife have the right to compel her husband to have children if he refuses? And if he insists on refusing, does she have the right to divorce him for compensation?
Answer:
Having children is not a matter of choice that can be imposed on him. Therefore, Allah the Exalted has placed this in His hand. If she wants a khul' (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) and he agrees to it, that is fine. However, he cannot be forced to divorce her, because this does not obligate him. No, this is not one of the defects that permits annulment or gives the woman the option to choose. Yes, because this is not in the husband's control. Yes, very well. Another point. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 126 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/النكاح/الخلع/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:44)
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