Guidance for one who has a dispute with his wife regarding divorce
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The questioner:
We begin with calls from our brothers and sisters, and we take a call from Abdullah from Arar. Go ahead, Abdullah. Abdullah. Yes. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. And upon you peace and Allah's mercy. Long may you live, I have questions and I want you to help me with them. Go ahead, the first question. Okay, let me ask first. There was a dispute between me and my wife's father, and a shaykh came to mediate between us and said you must separate from her. I separated from her, you understand? He said, say, "O so-and-so, you are divorced, one divorce, final, with no right of return." Okay, okay. So it is clear. Go ahead, Shaykh Salih says there was a dispute between him and his wife regarding divorce, and the husband said the father must leave this wife, so what do you advise him?
The Shaykh:
We advise him that if he made a mistake regarding his wife and neglected her rights, he should retract his mistake and fulfill her rights, as Allah the Exalted commanded in His saying, "And live with them in kindness"[An-Nisa 4:19]. Okay. And if things do not work out, let divorce be the last resort, but the divorce should be ordered: one divorce, then he leaves her
The questioner:
What is this light bulb?
The Shaykh:
until her waiting period ends. Until her waiting period ends. Wait. If he wishes, he may take her back during the waiting period, and if he wishes, he may leave her until her waiting period ends, and then she is divorced from him. This is what is prescribed for this husband with his wife. Yes.
We begin with calls from our brothers and sisters, and we take a call from Abdullah from Arar. Go ahead, Abdullah. Abdullah. Yes. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. And upon you peace and Allah's mercy. Long may you live, I have questions and I want you to help me with them. Go ahead, the first question. Okay, let me ask first. There was a dispute between me and my wife's father, and a shaykh came to mediate between us and said you must separate from her. I separated from her, you understand? He said, say, "O so-and-so, you are divorced, one divorce, final, with no right of return." Okay, okay. So it is clear. Go ahead, Shaykh Salih says there was a dispute between him and his wife regarding divorce, and the husband said the father must leave this wife, so what do you advise him?
The Shaykh:
We advise him that if he made a mistake regarding his wife and neglected her rights, he should retract his mistake and fulfill her rights, as Allah the Exalted commanded in His saying, "And live with them in kindness"
For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.
فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًاThe questioner:
What is this light bulb?
The Shaykh:
until her waiting period ends. Until her waiting period ends. Wait. If he wishes, he may take her back during the waiting period, and if he wishes, he may leave her until her waiting period ends, and then she is divorced from him. This is what is prescribed for this husband with his wife. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (7:47)
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