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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A woman requesting divorce because her husband has married another

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Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible for a woman to request a divorce from her husband because he is going to marry another woman?

Answer:
Praise be to Allah. If he marries another woman, that is a favor from Allah, for Allah has permitted him to do so. However, she may request a divorce if he neglects her rights, if he does not treat her with justice and infringes upon her rights. In that case, she has the right to request a divorce. But if he marries another woman and treats them all with justice and fulfills his obligations, it is not permissible for her to request a divorce.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce without a valid reason, the smell of Paradise is forbidden to her.ايما امراه سالت زوجها الطلاق من غير ما باس فحرام عليها رائحه الجنه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 8:1348
It is not permissible to ask for a divorce simply because he has taken what Allah has permitted him to take. This is permissible, praise be to Allah; indeed, it may even be a recommended practice. She only has the right if he does not give her the rights that Allah has made obligatory for her. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:07)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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