The Ruling on the Divorce of the Obsessive
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: I ask Allah to prolong your life. Please. What is the ruling on the divorce of a person suffering from obsessive thoughts, O Shaykh? He is afflicted with obsessive thoughts, a mental patient. And he has…
The Shaykh:
If he does not perceive…
The questioner:
If the obsessive thoughts… the hospital says he is a mental patient, my brother, what does that mean?
The presenter:
Listen to the answer. Yes.
The Shaykh:
Listen to the answer, may Allah guide you. If he has his mind and perceives what he says, then the divorce takes effect. But if he is as you described, that he does not perceive what he says, then nothing takes effect from him, because he is not accountable in this state. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The Shaykh: I ask Allah to prolong your life. Please. What is the ruling on the divorce of a person suffering from obsessive thoughts, O Shaykh? He is afflicted with obsessive thoughts, a mental patient. And he has…
The Shaykh:
If he does not perceive…
The questioner:
If the obsessive thoughts… the hospital says he is a mental patient, my brother, what does that mean?
The presenter:
Listen to the answer. Yes.
The Shaykh:
Listen to the answer, may Allah guide you. If he has his mind and perceives what he says, then the divorce takes effect. But if he is as you described, that he does not perceive what he says, then nothing takes effect from him, because he is not accountable in this state. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:35)
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